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ALISDAIRPARK
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Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 1646 Location: Everywhere else
#135 [Flame] Beadwork Sorry no scan, and it's needed for this one.
Text reads:
In Perplex City, even seemingly random strings of beads are often following a very specific pattern deemed pleasing to the eye, or to the intellect...
Can you detect the pattern this string is following and discern what the next five beads will be?
In the picture is a string of beads with I think 10 colours:
BLACK
CLEAR
SKY BLUE
PINK
BLUE
RED
PURPLE
GREEN
YELLOW
ORANGE
It's really hard to tell for some of them though.
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:33 am
Stratman
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Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 81 Location: Kettering UK
Agreed some are hard to tell...but from the solve page is a list of the 10 colours...
blue
red
black
clear
yellow
pink
green
purple
orange
turquoise
So far no idea
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:57 am
ALISDAIRPARK
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wel so far 8 have solved it, so it isn't impossible, but I'm guessing based on 10 colours that it's a number sequence.
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:04 am
Relish
Boot
Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 57 Location: Sunny Sunny Wales!
if each bead represents 0-9, then the pattern could seem random as it went from units to tens to hundreds etc.
it cant be primes as there would be no need for 0
perhaps it would be easier to find series to match to the beads?
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:24 am
Stratman
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It must be significant that at the start there is a green bead on its own, then a block then the series of beads.
integer - decimal point - series ?
A mathematical constant?
Something like pi (although pi doesn't seem to fit)
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:37 am
Uhtoff
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Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 75
Hint -
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Sometimes the answers are irrational
Bigger hint -
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Often there's gold at the end of the rainbow
With apologies for the rubbish nature of my hints
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:45 am
ALISDAIRPARK
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the hints were good enough.
I'm kicking myself now, I'd looked at that days ago but couldn't match it up as I took the big black bead as the start...doh! Your clus made me look again.
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:42 pm
magicmancraig
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Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 25
Brain Faliure I have looked at this for hours now and despite the clues I can't work it out.
Maybe Im just having one of those days......
Can anyone guide me in the right direction.I tried putting the colours of the rainbow as the answer, but thats obviously not right.
Am I looking for 5 differnent colours or 5 the same?
Something to do with gold? Am i looking for a patten, do I need to list all the colours of the beads? Is the way the beads are layed out anything to do with it?
Any help, even a little bit, I would be very grateful for.
Thanks to anyone that can help.
Oh and by the way, is the hint line not working? I have tried it a few times and never got a response. I also emailed Mind Candy, they haven't replied either.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:15 am
badbarry
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Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 140 Location: London
Look again at Uhtoff's clues.
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What word stands out in the first one? That's a good place to start.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:05 pm
fruppet
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Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 23 Location: Sydney, Australia
Would it be possible that
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the gold is replaced by yellow?
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:28 pm
wizzsteve2
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Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 52 Location: The Murder Scene
people are probably sick of me having no ideas but this has got me stumped
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:58 pm
magicmancraig
Boot
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 25
Big Thumbs Up to badbarry!!!! Thank you ever so much badbarry. I looked at the puzzle from a different perspective, took your advice, and what do ya know-I got it right!
I thought it was quite hard though as there was no clues or anything on the card.I suppose it is a blue...........
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:12 pm
VVN
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I get the clues but im still stuck on this card is there anyway that it can be found on the net?
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:29 pm
sequoya
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 548 Location: Land of haggis, kilts, neds and Irn-Bru
That took me ages! The hints here really helped me figure out which pattern I was looking for, thanks. But what really tripped me up was trying to figure out which beads were which colour - some of them are so hard to tell! So if you think you're on the right lines but are getting it wrong, you may well be just mixing up some of your colours.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:24 pm
Uhtoff
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Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 75
Aye getting the difference between orange, yellow and clear isn't easy, some of them are more obvious that others so you might need to check further along the string.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:20 pm
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