Riddle game - Something for you scientists

[iggy_killer]

@Zarii - or someone else - can you please answer my question? Thanks

yes..its the "what" and "it"

 

[Zarii]

@Zarii - or someone else - can you please answer my question? Thanks

Yeah, the W from What and the I from It has changed from capital letters to small letters since yesterday.

 

[FranklinDR]

infront

Anyone notice that 'infront' is one word in the clue?

The box on the left is obviously like a compass, it tells you where to go. You start at x, but how do you know where to go next?

Just brainstorming here.

 

[Kaya]

Aha, the first letters of sentences were changed. This doesn't help.

 

[ffutahw]

Quick bit of assistance with number 60. I don't have the best eyesight and I'm having difficulty determining which of two of the shades is actually darker; I can see that they're different shades, but it's an extremely difficult call to make. Since that's related to the riddle and you guys have already solved it, you can tell me that without giving the whole thing away. Of the U and H on the first line, which is a darker shade?

 

[Zarii]

Haha.. now I'm playing with the letters and a scissor..

 

[Zarii]

Anyone notice that 'infront' is one word in the clue?

The box on the left is obviously like a compass, it tells you where to go. You start at x, but how do you know where to go next?

Just brainstorming here.

That's the thing we haven't manage to figure out yet

 

[Kaya]

You start at x, but how do you know where to go next?

Maybe the letters from source should be of help to find the next start point. But how?

Did you notice that the "x" is at the intersection of the row and column that have A and H as their first/last letters (A and H being the first two capital letters in the source) Maybe it's just a coincidence.

 

[Zarii]

I never noticed that until now

 

[Kaya]

I tried to follow this logic but, after 5 steps, got nowhere.

 

[Kaya]

And the x is on the "diagonal" that begins/ends with H/A. Don't think this is of any use though.

<edit> And the other diagonal is RM, the following two letters in the source!

Too many coincidences here! </edit>

<edit2>But the other letters from source don't follow this "rule". </edit2>

 

[ffutahw]

Failed word count for number 60: 7 and climbing.

 

[Zarii]

Word on that

 

[FranklinDR]

AHRMTYD:
A means 'northwest'
M means 'southeast'
D means 'north'
Maybe the other letters have somethign to do with their position in the alphabet?

But then how do you divide the other four letters amont those three directions?

 

[MelodyKitn]

*thinks out loud in song while swinging her legs in the air from her perch in the rafters.*

AHRMMTYD... the letters capitalized and given to me...
ADGUJSPM... the letters in the mini-grid... what do I do with them?...
RTYEBOSN... the letters in the bigger grid... where I'm supposed to begin?...

 

[Kaya]

A means 'northwest'
M means 'southeast'
D means 'north'

Where did you get that from?

 

[FranklinDR]

where I'm supposed to begin?...

X, dummy.

 

[MelodyKitn]

X, dummy.

>.> I know that...

It's just part of the song...

 

[FranklinDR]

Where did you get that from?

Thats translating from the compass

Well, my latest attempt yeilded "nnau" - its almost a word

 

[Kaya]

Zarii, any success with the scissors? I hope you didn't hurt yourself so you cannot type anymore

 

[ffutahw]

AHRMTYD:
A means 'northwest'
M means 'southeast'
D means 'north'
Maybe the other letters have somethign to do with their position in the alphabet?

But then how do you divide the other four letters amont those three directions?

Maybe try putting the alphabet in a rough circle?

M is in the middle of the alphabet, so should be opposite A which is in the beginning of the alphabet. D would be between A and M, but much closer to A, so North. that would put R at South, T at southwest, Y at west...

I'm not on 61 so I don't know exactly what you're seeing, but just a thought.

 

[Kaya]

Thats translating from the compass

Of course! My brain is on fire, so I can't see even the obvious.

But, are the cardinal points of any help?

 

[MelodyKitn]

X, dummy.

*flies down and tugs on Zarii's shirt while pointing accusingly*

He's being meeeaaaan...

*sulks back up to the rafters to stare at the puzzle more*

 

[Zarii]

Haha.. I'm cutting out some figures..

I've tried replacing the capitalized letters with numbers, that might tell how many steps to move with the compass pointing out where to, but i don't really get something usefull by that either

 

[Zarii]

Bad Frankling, shame on you.

 

[ffutahw]

Still lost on 60. How irritating :-/

 

[FranklinDR]

I don't think it takes rocket science to complete, none of the others have had really complecated methods - just arcane ones. Maybe we shouldn't be looking at the actual capital letter, but its position in the sentence? Probably not, but just thought I'd throw that out there.

 

[Zarii]

Well, let's try then

 

[brent]

hi, i would like to try this, but I can't even get past level one...any help?

 

[Zarii]

Brent, use the alphabet xD

 

[MelodyKitn]

((I've actually got work to do >.> so I will be back to help again later.. good luck all! *hugs*))

 

[Kaya]

Maybe we shouldn't be looking at the actual capital letter, but its position in the sentence?

I've also tried this idea. But... what to do with the question marks? Count them or not? Same with spaces

 

[FranklinDR]

Bad Frankling, shame on you.

*Crawls solemnly back into corner*

Ok, a couple things I noticed: A and G (corners of the compass) are also corners of the grid - but the others don't mach up, so its probably coincidence.

Now, the sentence:

whAt is tHis gRid infront of you? it seeMs soMeone is Trying to confuse You, Doesn't it?

Capital letters are at (word, letter)
1,3
3,2
4,2
9,4
10,3
12,1
15,1
16,1

It doesn't look like any sort of pattern, but if you see any answers in there, please tell.

 

[Zarii]

Okey let say this then..
AHRMMTYD
represents the numbers 32243111
wich might be the number of steps to go by when we later on use the little grind as a "compass", but how do we find out which directions we should go in?

 

[FranklinDR]

but how do we find out which directions we should go in?

Uhhh... magic?

On a brighter note, I somehow ended up with "Dry Math" from the anagram solver. Maybe this is some sort of morbid joke?