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EARTHDATE: June 10, 2007

Event Reports - page 1


CRYPTOGRAMS

Saturday June 2
by Catspaws

Some of you may have noticed I haven't been around a lot of late. Seems the kitty came down with some exotic feline ailment, but I'm better now, and so expect to see the mice of Fed go back into hiding - Kitty's back on the job!

This was a good week to be back, as something unexplained happened: several times, other players solved a puzzle BEFORE FANCY! Yes, indeed, miracles DO happen! In fact Ariadne started the game off solving the first puzzle before our Top Cat did.

Player Names Starting With "S"
IWYBZNJQOX
IAWGGH
ICQRZH
IGWLLYZMWRXI
IGZNYWPK
IWIIH

Again, Ariadne solved the Commands puzzle before Fancy Pants, with Revone and Nutoid following Fancy.

Commands Starting With "S"
PLEDM
PKHAM
PJET
PMAA
PWBYY
PWBWFP

Ariadne had a 2 point lead going into the third puzzle, but lost it by finishing third with this puzzle. Fancy showed he wasn't out of the race, finishing first to tie with Ariadne.

Commodity Names Starting With "S"
RPJEOTR
RSIRTUR
RSIRQCMR
RMOGSR
RKIPNR
RSCOGTIEJGPTUR

Fancy and Revone both beat Ariadne in solving the fourth puzzle, with Nutoid bringing up the rear.

System Names Starting With "S"
BJUZJC
BHNNXLZJ
BLJZZH
BLFTH
BMLCXJZ
BLHTJBJ

It looked like Fancy had it made going into the last puzzle, but then... Ariadne and Revone BOTH solved it before Fancy did. This put Fancy and Ariadne in a tie for first, so I had to write up a fast tie-breaker puzzle.

Planet Names Starting With "S"
PLQFFIWIE
PIMIJQ
PFXWKV
PQCFIWJI
PCBIWMQJE
PKDMI

Fancy managed to easily solve the tiebreaker before Ariadne could take a breath, taking home the trophy. Revone finished third, and Nutoid came in fourth.

Things to Do With a Semiconductor
CWXEK VW
CKSS VW
BKWZM VW
AKKQ DFDI BEXY VW
FDWZM VW ZDEKBOSSI
UVPK VW D TDYK DTJ WKSS KPKEIXTK VW'C IXOE QKW

We play Cryptograms each Saturday at 4.00pm eastern on the Cryptograms channel. Perhaps next week YOU can give Fancy a run for the money!


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