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[S2] [Dice Set] #039 - Clash of the Titans
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Hevster
Boot

Joined: 03 Mar 2007
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 		[S2] [Dice Set] #039 - Clash of the Titans
Puzzle by Von

Front:
Quote:
Can you match up the words to create 6 American Football teams?

Chicago
Philadelphia
Miami
Jacksonville
Detroit
Seattle


Jaguards
Lions
Eagles
Seahawks
Dolphins
Bears


Rear
Quote:

The Academy keeps records of all the games played in their All-Schools Scholarship tournament. Before my match against Sekani, I reviewed his playing style. It was conservative, in the strictest sense. He'd memorised all of the classic opening moves of Twin-Wheel, Counterpoint, Chess and Yumisk, and applied them with a formulaic efficiency against any obstacles he encountered. I couldn't see any imagination or personality in his games. An idiot savant, I uncharitably concluded.

Still, I had to be careful. This was the round which determined who received scholarships; if I won, I'd be guaranteed a place and my remaining matches would merely be for scorekeeping purposes. If I lost, no-one would remember me.

I lost the toss, so I moved first - in Twin-Wheel, the first-mover has the disadvantage. I opened aggresively, and waited for his response - no doubt the Anjsbourg Defence.

Sekani passed.

I leaned back, unsettled. Sekani looked perfectly bored, and continued to do so as I moved and he passed once again. When my pieces swept around to meet his, he finally responded, mounting a counterattack that frightened me with its ferocity. If he hadn't passed twice, he would've certainly won. As it was, the match went on for three hours as I struggled to keep him under control.

As I took his final piece and secured myself a scholarship, I stood up to shake his hand. He smiled for the first time and leaned in to whisper in my ear, "Sun -Tze, chapter three, seventeen, one."

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:04 pm
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Ferio
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Joined: 05 May 2006
Posts: 8
Location: NE USA

 		 
Another buggy puzzle put in these

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

chicago bears
philadephia eagles
miami dolphins
jacksonville jaguars
detroit lions
seattle seahawks

which im positive are the correct answers, but they were rejected 3 times grr Cursing


PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:13 pm
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Hevster
Boot

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Let Firefox be thy friend oh frustrated one. Did some testing last night and I can confirm that using IE you will not be able to solve the dropdown answers due to a bug. Using Firefox however the dropdowns will work and the correct answers will be accepted. Did it with this card and a few others last night after getting seriously hacked off!

Good luck! Smile

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:15 am
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e_nygma
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Joined: 17 May 2006
Posts: 247
Location: Maryland, US

 		With regards to the back, I think that there is a misprint on the card. Shouldn't it be "Sun Tzu?"

In case you are curious:
Quote:
Sun Tzu, Chapter 3 (Attack By Strategm), 17

Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: (1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. (2) He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. (3) He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. (4) He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. (5) He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.


It seems to me that Chapter 3, 17, 4 makes more sense in the context of the story.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:50 am
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PuzzledPineapple
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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 		I like 17.1 - Sekani is lining up an ally by letting the narrator win without disadvantaging himself as he'll have other chances. Not having read The Art of War, I don't have a clue if that's a good interpretation or not.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:32 pm
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YahwehTzVaoth
Boot

Joined: 05 Feb 2007
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Location: Boston, MA

 		What copy of the The Art of War are you using? I do not own a hard copy, and the internet version I found lists the principle of strategy being in Chap. 3, Section 13.
http://quan.nguyen.net/me/suntze/chapter3.htm

I think you're right on what part of the text they are pointing to, but I want to have the right sections for furture puzzles or ciphers.

PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:33 pm
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