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[strangedude]

Ok it has an 8 of Diamonds on it in the bottom left corner. Very hard to see as it is grey on a black background. But I found it!

(EDIT) Whoops it has already been said. Guess I didnt check well enough. So trout me if you want.

[appleTRON]

I don't personally want to ... we were all once new here. I was the FNG not too long ago, but I must admit ... with the rash of new kids popping up with their wild spec about how they found an Ace of Spades on one of their six cards, it becomes harder not to follow Spankit's Trout Ninja Academy lead.

I just don't want to be "that guy".

(Give me two more weeks )

I'm all for people getting excited about things they find on the cards, after all, Perplex City is pretty f'n exciting! But for Pete's sake ... some people here have been doing this a long while ... do them a favo(u)r and read the forums first. [/RANT]

Man I never thought I'd do that.

[strangedude]

Thx!

[QBKooky]

Just some random speculation - I know this is obvious, but the card suits have only appears on odd numbered cards (numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9). Also, doesn't Sheepshead only use 8, 9, J, Q, K, A? Are there any other games that only use these cards?

[dusty2229]

See nichtwahr's and appleTRON's posts earlier in this very thread

[Mosestrotsky]

Okay,

I took out all the cards I had with playing card symbols and then placed them in an order if there was one.

I had a Q diamonds and a 10 diamonds I think and Q clubs and 10 clubs (I will check for you lot). Anyway when two queens placed on top of each other and two tens next to the appropriate cards the shading looked like an A (or more like the lower case a)

I think all the indicators are just markers for where we place the cards. Stick them in the right suits etc.

Obviously we will have to wait for the full release to get to full message

[Shockt]

I am not sure if it has been mentioned but there seems to be a connection with the playing card numbers/suits and the shading on the cards. The shading only appears on cards that have the playing card numbers/suits so I assume that when they are placed in a specific order, the shading on the cards will display some sort of message because the each of the shaded spots looks to be a fourth of a letter.

[Reason]

[Shockt]

[thebruce]

DUDE! Dunno if this merits a new thread (doubtful)

I just figured out the cards... I spent the last few hours seeing if I could mix and match the cards (with help from the wiki and catalog), and realized that the wiki was almost spot on... but the matrix orientation was wrong.

[thebruce]

Here's an image so you can better see my progression, and starting point to the resulting spec...

[tanner]

maybe you didnt read this -- http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11964&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[thebruce]

oh. umm.

biiig my bad.

and I even searched... just not hard enough. There are so many threads about the playing cards, but none of them mention a solve on the letters, and the wiki was then apparently way out of date, by over 2 weeks.

well at least I can add my thoughts on the whole message spec... *sigh* oh well. even so, at least the wiki is updated with the correct information about the playing cards.

[Scott]

oh thats okay brucey .. you did good, really. and especially helped a lot on the wiki. I too did not see the post by MarcB. I saw another post which covers the basic groundwork, but not that one. and again, you did good looking stuff on the wiki fFor which i thank you muchly and lest we fForget, it's not about being fFirst to solve, it's about the fFun of solving!

[thebruce]

yesyes, tru dat... and considering I've only really ever lurked in PPC, but my solving curiosity was piqued again when looking over the one pack of cards I ordered causing me to pore over the puzzle for an hour or two, and getting what I did just from that, I'm sufficiently satisfied heh impulsive problem-solving... gotta love it. anyway, back on topic...