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My how this thread has taken us in many different directions.
@Chatauqua560 wrote:
To me, this is a nonpuzzle because there is nothing to solve. The teeny tiny thing down in the corner leads to nothing and it already is in a park. Where to go from here? Can one word point me in a direction?
I think I’m so close I can almost taste this one.
I did a bit of reading and also know of someone out east that did the original. Very interesting stuff if it uses similar puzzles.
Have fun and enjoy.
Also a good reminder to those bowhunters among us that you need to wear blaze orange also.
I’ll be passing by the Appleton Visitors Bureau for work tomorrow. I wonder which of the TB’s I should pick up? Bribes anyone?
I’m a purist so I only “find” puzzles that I solve, but that’s just how I play the game. That doesn’t mean I haven’t gotten lots of help from the CO on certain puzzles, but at the end of the day I know how the puzzle works. I’ve logged numerous “Notes” on existing puzzles with “ALR’s” (I know they’re not enforceable) and not claimed them as a “Found” until I met the ALR requirement (again just my way of playing the game to honor the “intent” of the CO).
The flip side is that my dad / kids have cached with me on occasion when I was grabbing some puzzle finals they hadn’t solved. I don’t allow my kids to log these on their accounts unless they have actually helped in some manner with the actual puzzle. My dad and I have had some great caching days together and we talk about the puzzles while in the car. He claims some as found and some not depending on how he feels that day.
I would suggest that out of respect (and integrity) that the finder at least acknowledge they were along for the ride when they haven’t solved it and are with someone who has. I’ve seen many groups where they’ve all solved various puzzles and then went along as a group and found them. The note can simply be, “Thanks to xxxxxx for solving this one, but we enjoyed the day finding it with a group.”
@sweetlife wrote:
Im stuck in the Fox Valley visitors and convention bureau, SOME ONE SAVE ME.
I may be able to help one of these stuck in the Valley. I have a caching friend that will be visiting in the next month and I could send it along back to the east coast with him.
Congrats and welcome to the club. Read the log and it took me back to when I did that same cache. Great challenge cache certainly worthy of a milestone.
@Chatauqua560 wrote:
A puzzle class at the new coffee shop sounds great, I’ll set it up but who’s going to teach it?
I have never hosted an event and this might just be the thing that gets me over that hump (taking a lesson from Curly Girls a few weeks ago). I can definately teach it.
@Chatauqua560 wrote:
Too bad nothing showed up when I highlighted it. I have seen that type of puzzle and am working on the Statue of Liberty one right now but there again, that’s looking up facts.
If you go for the final on this one during a normal work day, let me know. It’s not too far of a walk for me. 😉
I actually talked with the CO who hosted an event in Minnesota which embraces using actual puzzles and it gets great reviews. Each attendee gets a sealed packet that contains the solve method and solution for a variety of puzzles. The local CO’s contribute one puzzle each to this packet on a volunteer basis.
I thought it was a really unique idea. I was fortunate enough to fall in the good graces of the CO and received a packet even though I didn’t attend. I found a real variety of puzzles presented, various levels of “solves” provided, etc. Some of the solves were very brief (i.e. “Hidden HTML” which assumed you knew what this meant), others provided exact details on how to solve the puzzle step by step, and others just provided a link to an online tool to help solve it.
It leaves the puzzler to operate on the “honor” system though which may work better in some areas than others, or within certain groups of cachers.
On a serious note and trying to bring this back “On Topic”. I know there are some puzzle owners watching, some puzzle gurus watchings, and some fellow cachers that just want to learn.
Here’s my struggle as one who fits multiple categories listed above. I certainly understand the desire to have more puzzle solving “tools” in your arsenal, but … (feel free to chime in on these everybody)
1) When does a “hint” become a “spoiler”?
2) If I “expose” the secrets behind archived puzzles should I get the CO’s permission first?
3) This one is for the CO’s – Would you be willing to provide a solution for just 1 of your puzzles to be included in a “spoiler” pack to be distributed at a puzzle event? Or just to be used as an example at an event?@Hardinfam wrote:
Some puzzle owners scare me so I don’t want to understand them.
Scary or Friendly? This one definately seemed to fit me for multiple reasons.
@Walkingadventure wrote:
OMG. LOL.
@huffinpuffin2 wrote:
SPOILER ALERT – The above is a huge hint for “Everyday Numbers: Size Matters” (GC2HANC)
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