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Norsemanvike
Moderator
The Off-Season.
For some, it means analysis of last season, and preparation for the next. Crazy recruiting, sending and fending off a near flood of PMs, creating and marking off lists tracking everything conceivable, slaving, building, and working to build the next great championship team.
But for others, the majority of GLB, the Off-Season means only one thing: Boredom.
Not this season.
For a couple of weeks, the Goal Line Blitz Admins and Moderators have teamed up to create a little fun to inject into the otherwise boring GLB existence of the Off-Season. A Treasure Hunt. And the winner gets flex. You read that right, bona-fide free flex points go to the winner(s) of this treasure hunt.
You're going to have the opportunity to step into the world of famous Treasure Hunters like Indiana Jones, Ben Gates, or Lara Croft, solving clues and riddles that will unlock the next clue, until you can put the entire riddle together in the end and reveal it's hidden secret.
Sorry though, no whips, blow darts, guns or risk of freedom by breaking into national historical sites.
Each day, a new clue (or two!) will be released with a total 12 individual clues to be released. When combined, these clues will reveal a master riddle that must be solved to win the grand prize.
♦ Official Game Rules ♦
Goal: To solve the master riddle and provide GLB with the correct answer by solving smaller riddles which reveal pieces of the master riddle (clues are revealed in correct order).
Prize: 12,000 Flex Points, personally donated by the Admins and Moderators of GLB.
1) All Goal Line Blitz administrators and moderators, including forum specific moderators, and game input volunteers are not eligible to participate.
2) Contacting an administrator, support, or any moderator and requesting assistance with solving any of the GLB Treasure Hunt clues will automatically disqualify you from earning the prize since the staff will report your attempt in the master disqualification list. Each moderator and administrator will make their own judgment on disqualification.
3) Each day, 1 or 2 clues will be given out for everyone in GLB to solve.
4) You may participate as an individual or as a group. If participating as a group, the flex points can handed out to the members as determined by the group's leader.
5) You will only recieve one, repeat, ONE opportunity to submit your solution to the Treasure Hunt. Details on how to make your submission will be provided when the last individual clue is revealed.
6) To win, you must provide the following:
. . . . . a) The answer to each individual clue must be given along with a brief explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
. . . . . b) The final riddle, must be correctly laid out with it's correct wording, answered, and have the explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
7) We understand that it is unrealistic for us to require exact wordings, so the winner will be determined by the best correct answer.
8) If you receive a new suspension during the Treasure Hunt, you will be automatically disqualified from winning the prize. If you're currently under suspension and are released from suspension during the contest, are eligible to participate.
Added Rules - After Release
9) If you prefer to participate with a group, please limit your involvement to only 1 team. If anyone is found to have transferred knowledge of one team's forum information to another team, that individual who transferred the information will be disqualified. Team owners, please take careful precaution to prevent leaks from your forums.
Team Nucleus
This team has a chance at winning 12'000 Flex points
Team must figure out the clues posted to win i will take on 3 more helpers to try and win i will split it between all 4 of us.Here is the posting and the 12 clues.
The 4 Final qualifiers are:
Team Klite_98
footballkc15
SwampThing13
Team Nucleus
Final submissions on Saturday, March 14th will only be accpeted from these individuals/groups.
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CLUE 1 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Hear ye! Hear ye! He is the only one that can make old news new.
Additional Hints:
1) Hear ye! Hear ye! This refers to an old town crier who was sometimes the only source of news and he made the announcements for the community. Announcements, hmmmm...
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CLUE 2
Words 2, 3, and 4 - it is not
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Clue - Before the lace is revealed, the key is undetected in public debate.
Answer - You to have trace the number pathing to the correct forum thread title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
12 08 09 02 05 06 07 - Forum
07 04 02 01 04 02 10 - Sub Forum
04 13 06 05 17 03 19 - Title character letter
More Hints...
1) Each column of numbers correlates to a letter. You have to figure out what the path is to the letter.
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CLUE 3 - Hint: It's four words
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Clue - Of the forty four, so very few must not offend the silicon document of which can last a maximum of 120 days.
EDIT: Due to Microsoft's "I know what you're trying to type more than you do feature in MS Word, the word 'silicone' should have been the word 'silicon,' without the E. So, due to the spelling error, I'll give a BIG hint for everyone. The clue sits in a post somewhere in the Players Looking forum. Thank you Bill Gates.
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CLUE 4 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Conjunction Junction, what's your function? It's used to make two simple things, complex.
Additional Hints:
1) Amost everyone got the reference to the School of Roch song, but nobody got the right conjuction.
2) I wish players had perfect builds and owners had an endless money supply.
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CLUE 5 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Its word functionality indicates a participation in an arrangement, transaction, or action.
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CLUE 6 - Hint: It's two words
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Clue - Judgment lapse with grave results. Ancient capes covered detection while tomorrow's argosy remained unseen.
1) Many of you are ignoring parts of the clue.
2) Why would I use the word "grave" in reference to lapses of judgemement.
3) Just what is a judement lapse?
4) So, most everyone looked up argosy and got the reference and ran with it. However, second sentance is in two parts, "Ancient capes covered detection" and "tomorrow's argosy remained unseen." Even though one is a historical reference and one is a futuristic reference, both use the same word.
5) Break down the clue, what are some words used for ancient capes? Why would a futuristi argosy be unseen?
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CLUE 7 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - A multi's agent whose player remains unsigned and whose namesake was the last of chartered enshrinement.
More Hints...
1) Based on what I'm hearing, too many people are ignoring this part "whose namesake was the last of chartered enshrinement." I fixed the who's/whos/whose typo as well.
2) For heaven's sake, the account isn't banned and the multi only has ONE player.
3) The player correlates to the position of the real life 'namesake'.
4) The player name includes the real player's name and nickname.
1) Okay, most of you got the idea that we're refering to the NFL Football Hall of Fame. But, what everyone is missing is CHARTERED enshrinement.
2) Correct, we're referring to a specic class of the HOF, but which one? Which one was the CHARTERED HOF class?
3) When you finally figure out which class it is, simple research on all of the players should reveal a key component to the clue.
4) Yes, we are ultimaltely looking for a GLB agent name, who only has one player, that account was created for the purpost of this contest, there is only one player associated to the account, and the player has never played on a GLB team.
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CLUE 8 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Think back, back to number two. What is the possessive pronoun?
Hint - So, obviously, the words obtained in clue 2 have words that can be combined into a possessive pronoun.
Given how my grammar has been, I sure as hell hope that I have this one right or it might be a freebie.
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CLUE 9 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Each of us is unique, we're not a copy, yet it's the element that binds us together in exactly the same way.
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CLUE 10 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Together, the four operate in our defense, using their own independent foundation to conduct their daily tasks from coast to coast and overseas. Now, be all you can be.
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CLUE 11
Words 16 and 17 - relies on
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Clue - The key is no longer undetected, but must be visited again.
Answer - You to have trace the number pathing to the correct forum thread title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
Additional Hints...
Obviously you should have been able to solve the other one like this already, but I know that a majority of people are having trouble with it, so...
1) We're not looking for a specific thread, letters in specific threads, or anything in thread titles. But yes, the clues lead you letters in the forums.
2) Threads are a moving target and your clue needs to have reference points that NEVER moves. So, what in the forums never move? And before you think a stickied thread, that can be unsticked and made into a moving target, so it's not that.
3) Again, watch the movie and this clue should make sense, some of you are ignoring the opportunity.
4) I'll repeat that each column will lead to you a specific letter.
Clue 12 will be released this evening.
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CLUE 12 - Hint: It's two words
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Clue - It is what this is: 0110001001101001011011100110000101110010011110010010000001100011011011110110010001100101
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NO MORE CLUES
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You have all twelve clues in sequential order and to win the prize, you must provide the following:
6) To win, you must provide the following:
. . . . . a) The answer to each individual clue must be given along with a brief explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
. . . . . b) The final riddle, must be correctly laid out with it's correct wording, answered, and have the explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
Here's an example of a proper submission (though we won't be sticklers on it - it just makes for easier reading).
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CLUE 1
Answer - United States
We came to the conclusion because the clue stated there were 50 bound by fatherly unity. The 50 are the number of states, fatherly refers to the founding fathers, and unity is the contract between the states, or constitution, which is what created the United States.
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CLUE 2
Answer - United States
We came to the conclusion because the clue stated there were 50 bound by fatherly unity. The 50 are the number of states, fatherly refers to the founding fathers, and unity is the contract between the states, or constitution, which is what created the United States.
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Etc... Continue with all 12 clues.
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Final Riddle (all 12 clues laid out in order)
Sentences, can be short, compound, complex, and sometimes, life long.
Answer - United States
We came to the conclusion because the clue stated there were 50 bound by fatherly unity. The 50 are the number of states, fatherly refers to the founding fathers, and unity is the contract between the states, or constitution, which is what created the United States.
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Submit your one and only guess to goallineblitz.contest@gmail.com no later than Tuesday, March 3, 2009 (the time stamp on the received email must be on or before that date).
If nobody is deemed to be the winner, then we'll ask everyone to resubmit after we provided assistance on the most commonly wrong clue(s).
BONUS HINTS:
All,
I am willing to look at everyone's current answers if you send me a PM with your current guesses for all 12 individual riddles and I will tell you how many of those you have wrong, i.e. you have 4 wrong, 8 wrong, etc. Don't give my your overall final guess, just the guesses to the original 12.
Norse
PS: I will be keeping track of who takes advantage of this.
Treasure Hunt Team:
Team Outworlders Treasure Hunt Champions
Team Nucleus(Group Leader) - 5,000 Flex
jmisky33(Very Helpfull) - 5,000 Flex
Dragao76(Limited Help) - 1,000 Flex
mmartian(Private Forum Provider) - 1,000 Flex
Answers:
Clue 1 = Bort
Answer = Bort is the only one that makes announcements.
Clue 2 = it is not
Answer = You have to trace the number path to the correct thread forum title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
12 08 09 02 05 06 07 - Forum
07 04 02 01 04 02 10 - Sub Forum
04 13 06 05 17 03 19 - Title character letter
Clue 3 = yet critical it is
Answer = Was a freebee found in the 1st thread by Norsemanvike in the players looking forum Header (ATTN:Tying Flex points to contracts as incentive or condition.)
Clue 4 = and
Answer = is the conjuction it also used to make two simple things complex by extending the sentence therefor making it complex lets Rock and Roll.
Clue 5 = with
Answer = its the participation in an arrangement, transaction, or action.
Clue 6 = Epic Suggestions
Answer = ancient capes was the original Suggestions,grave results pointing to Bones the one who made it,the argosy or the fleet refering to the mass of suggestions coming in.
Clue 7 = concealment
Answer = the first nfl hall of fame class was enshrined (1963). Found Sammy Baugh- nickname sling'n sammy baugh http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=1229564
Clue 8 = It's
Answer = it is can be combined to make a possesive pronoun
Clue 9 = Agent
Answer = we are unique,we are not a copy,its the element that binds us together to GLB.
Clue 10 = Reserves
Answer = The four are Army,Navy,Air Force,Marines but Be all you can be was the Army and the rest of the song was in the Army Reserves.
Clue 11 = relies on
Answer = You have to trace the number path to the correct thread forum title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
Clue 12 = Binary Code
Answer = the numbers are a binary code
Answer to riddle is = Max Zorin
Bort,it is not,yet critical it is,and,with,epic suggestions,concealment,it's,agent,reserves,relies on,binary code.His agents avatar has binary code. http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=257709
Norsemanvike
Moderator
The Off-Season.
For some, it means analysis of last season, and preparation for the next. Crazy recruiting, sending and fending off a near flood of PMs, creating and marking off lists tracking everything conceivable, slaving, building, and working to build the next great championship team.
But for others, the majority of GLB, the Off-Season means only one thing: Boredom.
Not this season.
For a couple of weeks, the Goal Line Blitz Admins and Moderators have teamed up to create a little fun to inject into the otherwise boring GLB existence of the Off-Season. A Treasure Hunt. And the winner gets flex. You read that right, bona-fide free flex points go to the winner(s) of this treasure hunt.
You're going to have the opportunity to step into the world of famous Treasure Hunters like Indiana Jones, Ben Gates, or Lara Croft, solving clues and riddles that will unlock the next clue, until you can put the entire riddle together in the end and reveal it's hidden secret.
Sorry though, no whips, blow darts, guns or risk of freedom by breaking into national historical sites.
Each day, a new clue (or two!) will be released with a total 12 individual clues to be released. When combined, these clues will reveal a master riddle that must be solved to win the grand prize.
♦ Official Game Rules ♦
Goal: To solve the master riddle and provide GLB with the correct answer by solving smaller riddles which reveal pieces of the master riddle (clues are revealed in correct order).
Prize: 12,000 Flex Points, personally donated by the Admins and Moderators of GLB.
1) All Goal Line Blitz administrators and moderators, including forum specific moderators, and game input volunteers are not eligible to participate.
2) Contacting an administrator, support, or any moderator and requesting assistance with solving any of the GLB Treasure Hunt clues will automatically disqualify you from earning the prize since the staff will report your attempt in the master disqualification list. Each moderator and administrator will make their own judgment on disqualification.
3) Each day, 1 or 2 clues will be given out for everyone in GLB to solve.
4) You may participate as an individual or as a group. If participating as a group, the flex points can handed out to the members as determined by the group's leader.
5) You will only recieve one, repeat, ONE opportunity to submit your solution to the Treasure Hunt. Details on how to make your submission will be provided when the last individual clue is revealed.
6) To win, you must provide the following:
. . . . . a) The answer to each individual clue must be given along with a brief explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
. . . . . b) The final riddle, must be correctly laid out with it's correct wording, answered, and have the explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
7) We understand that it is unrealistic for us to require exact wordings, so the winner will be determined by the best correct answer.
8) If you receive a new suspension during the Treasure Hunt, you will be automatically disqualified from winning the prize. If you're currently under suspension and are released from suspension during the contest, are eligible to participate.
Added Rules - After Release
9) If you prefer to participate with a group, please limit your involvement to only 1 team. If anyone is found to have transferred knowledge of one team's forum information to another team, that individual who transferred the information will be disqualified. Team owners, please take careful precaution to prevent leaks from your forums.
Team Nucleus
This team has a chance at winning 12'000 Flex points
Team must figure out the clues posted to win i will take on 3 more helpers to try and win i will split it between all 4 of us.Here is the posting and the 12 clues.
The 4 Final qualifiers are:
Team Klite_98
footballkc15
SwampThing13
Team Nucleus
Final submissions on Saturday, March 14th will only be accpeted from these individuals/groups.
****************
CLUE 1 - Hint: It's one word
****************
Clue - Hear ye! Hear ye! He is the only one that can make old news new.
Additional Hints:
1) Hear ye! Hear ye! This refers to an old town crier who was sometimes the only source of news and he made the announcements for the community. Announcements, hmmmm...
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CLUE 2
Words 2, 3, and 4 - it is not
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Clue - Before the lace is revealed, the key is undetected in public debate.
Answer - You to have trace the number pathing to the correct forum thread title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
12 08 09 02 05 06 07 - Forum
07 04 02 01 04 02 10 - Sub Forum
04 13 06 05 17 03 19 - Title character letter
More Hints...
1) Each column of numbers correlates to a letter. You have to figure out what the path is to the letter.
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CLUE 3 - Hint: It's four words
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Clue - Of the forty four, so very few must not offend the silicon document of which can last a maximum of 120 days.
EDIT: Due to Microsoft's "I know what you're trying to type more than you do feature in MS Word, the word 'silicone' should have been the word 'silicon,' without the E. So, due to the spelling error, I'll give a BIG hint for everyone. The clue sits in a post somewhere in the Players Looking forum. Thank you Bill Gates.
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CLUE 4 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Conjunction Junction, what's your function? It's used to make two simple things, complex.
Additional Hints:
1) Amost everyone got the reference to the School of Roch song, but nobody got the right conjuction.
2) I wish players had perfect builds and owners had an endless money supply.
****************
CLUE 5 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Its word functionality indicates a participation in an arrangement, transaction, or action.
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CLUE 6 - Hint: It's two words
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Clue - Judgment lapse with grave results. Ancient capes covered detection while tomorrow's argosy remained unseen.
1) Many of you are ignoring parts of the clue.
2) Why would I use the word "grave" in reference to lapses of judgemement.
3) Just what is a judement lapse?
4) So, most everyone looked up argosy and got the reference and ran with it. However, second sentance is in two parts, "Ancient capes covered detection" and "tomorrow's argosy remained unseen." Even though one is a historical reference and one is a futuristic reference, both use the same word.
5) Break down the clue, what are some words used for ancient capes? Why would a futuristi argosy be unseen?
****************
CLUE 7 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - A multi's agent whose player remains unsigned and whose namesake was the last of chartered enshrinement.
More Hints...
1) Based on what I'm hearing, too many people are ignoring this part "whose namesake was the last of chartered enshrinement." I fixed the who's/whos/whose typo as well.
2) For heaven's sake, the account isn't banned and the multi only has ONE player.
3) The player correlates to the position of the real life 'namesake'.
4) The player name includes the real player's name and nickname.
1) Okay, most of you got the idea that we're refering to the NFL Football Hall of Fame. But, what everyone is missing is CHARTERED enshrinement.
2) Correct, we're referring to a specic class of the HOF, but which one? Which one was the CHARTERED HOF class?
3) When you finally figure out which class it is, simple research on all of the players should reveal a key component to the clue.
4) Yes, we are ultimaltely looking for a GLB agent name, who only has one player, that account was created for the purpost of this contest, there is only one player associated to the account, and the player has never played on a GLB team.
****************
CLUE 8 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Think back, back to number two. What is the possessive pronoun?
Hint - So, obviously, the words obtained in clue 2 have words that can be combined into a possessive pronoun.
Given how my grammar has been, I sure as hell hope that I have this one right or it might be a freebie.
****************
CLUE 9 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Each of us is unique, we're not a copy, yet it's the element that binds us together in exactly the same way.
****************
CLUE 10 - Hint: It's one word
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Clue - Together, the four operate in our defense, using their own independent foundation to conduct their daily tasks from coast to coast and overseas. Now, be all you can be.
****************
CLUE 11
Words 16 and 17 - relies on
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Clue - The key is no longer undetected, but must be visited again.
Answer - You to have trace the number pathing to the correct forum thread title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
Additional Hints...
Obviously you should have been able to solve the other one like this already, but I know that a majority of people are having trouble with it, so...
1) We're not looking for a specific thread, letters in specific threads, or anything in thread titles. But yes, the clues lead you letters in the forums.
2) Threads are a moving target and your clue needs to have reference points that NEVER moves. So, what in the forums never move? And before you think a stickied thread, that can be unsticked and made into a moving target, so it's not that.
3) Again, watch the movie and this clue should make sense, some of you are ignoring the opportunity.
4) I'll repeat that each column will lead to you a specific letter.
Clue 12 will be released this evening.
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CLUE 12 - Hint: It's two words
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Clue - It is what this is: 0110001001101001011011100110000101110010011110010010000001100011011011110110010001100101
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NO MORE CLUES
****************
You have all twelve clues in sequential order and to win the prize, you must provide the following:
6) To win, you must provide the following:
. . . . . a) The answer to each individual clue must be given along with a brief explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
. . . . . b) The final riddle, must be correctly laid out with it's correct wording, answered, and have the explanation of how you came to the conclusion of your answer.
Here's an example of a proper submission (though we won't be sticklers on it - it just makes for easier reading).
****************
CLUE 1
Answer - United States
We came to the conclusion because the clue stated there were 50 bound by fatherly unity. The 50 are the number of states, fatherly refers to the founding fathers, and unity is the contract between the states, or constitution, which is what created the United States.
****************
CLUE 2
Answer - United States
We came to the conclusion because the clue stated there were 50 bound by fatherly unity. The 50 are the number of states, fatherly refers to the founding fathers, and unity is the contract between the states, or constitution, which is what created the United States.
****************
Etc... Continue with all 12 clues.
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Final Riddle (all 12 clues laid out in order)
Sentences, can be short, compound, complex, and sometimes, life long.
Answer - United States
We came to the conclusion because the clue stated there were 50 bound by fatherly unity. The 50 are the number of states, fatherly refers to the founding fathers, and unity is the contract between the states, or constitution, which is what created the United States.
****************
Submit your one and only guess to goallineblitz.contest@gmail.com no later than Tuesday, March 3, 2009 (the time stamp on the received email must be on or before that date).
If nobody is deemed to be the winner, then we'll ask everyone to resubmit after we provided assistance on the most commonly wrong clue(s).
BONUS HINTS:
All,
I am willing to look at everyone's current answers if you send me a PM with your current guesses for all 12 individual riddles and I will tell you how many of those you have wrong, i.e. you have 4 wrong, 8 wrong, etc. Don't give my your overall final guess, just the guesses to the original 12.
Norse
PS: I will be keeping track of who takes advantage of this.
Treasure Hunt Team:
Team Outworlders Treasure Hunt Champions
Team Nucleus(Group Leader) - 5,000 Flex
jmisky33(Very Helpfull) - 5,000 Flex
Dragao76(Limited Help) - 1,000 Flex
mmartian(Private Forum Provider) - 1,000 Flex
Answers:
Clue 1 = Bort
Answer = Bort is the only one that makes announcements.
Clue 2 = it is not
Answer = You have to trace the number path to the correct thread forum title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
12 08 09 02 05 06 07 - Forum
07 04 02 01 04 02 10 - Sub Forum
04 13 06 05 17 03 19 - Title character letter
Clue 3 = yet critical it is
Answer = Was a freebee found in the 1st thread by Norsemanvike in the players looking forum Header (ATTN:Tying Flex points to contracts as incentive or condition.)
Clue 4 = and
Answer = is the conjuction it also used to make two simple things complex by extending the sentence therefor making it complex lets Rock and Roll.
Clue 5 = with
Answer = its the participation in an arrangement, transaction, or action.
Clue 6 = Epic Suggestions
Answer = ancient capes was the original Suggestions,grave results pointing to Bones the one who made it,the argosy or the fleet refering to the mass of suggestions coming in.
Clue 7 = concealment
Answer = the first nfl hall of fame class was enshrined (1963). Found Sammy Baugh- nickname sling'n sammy baugh http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=1229564
Clue 8 = It's
Answer = it is can be combined to make a possesive pronoun
Clue 9 = Agent
Answer = we are unique,we are not a copy,its the element that binds us together to GLB.
Clue 10 = Reserves
Answer = The four are Army,Navy,Air Force,Marines but Be all you can be was the Army and the rest of the song was in the Army Reserves.
Clue 11 = relies on
Answer = You have to trace the number path to the correct thread forum title letter. Lace = thread, Forums = public debate, undetected = they don't realize that there's clues buried within the forum titles.
Clue 12 = Binary Code
Answer = the numbers are a binary code
Answer to riddle is = Max Zorin
Bort,it is not,yet critical it is,and,with,epic suggestions,concealment,it's,agent,reserves,relies on,binary code.His agents avatar has binary code. http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=257709
Edited by Team Nucleus on Dec 8, 2011 19:45:36
