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vbchica923 · Veteran Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 70

anyone's puzzle up yet? i thought it would be by now, but hasnt....maybe its a diff time zone?

or maybe theyre making up for yesterday being 1/2 hr early, by putting this one up 1/2 late b/c it is past 20:00 for all countries surrounding the bay of bengal

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 10:32 am

ALPHA-OMEGA

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 11:03 am

vbchica923 · Veteran Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 70

oh well crap. i hate the excited letdown. lol. i kept thinking it was this morning. thanks for correcting me, i thought i was going crazy hehe

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 11:08 am

ALPHA-OMEGA

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 12:43 pm

LummiSan · Greenhorn Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 8

Chances of winning?

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 5:07 pm

Nusa · Boot Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 56

Remember, the first 20 puzzles are just for fun and exercise, they probably have no impact on actualy winning. But to answer your question in my case:

1. World's End/start -- parchment compass puzzle. About 3 minutes to figure out the mechanics of the puzzle, and 1 more minute to solve it.

2. Cuba -- crab and sand puzzle. Under a minute to find the first crab. Maybe 3 minutes of clicking crabs to get the answer.

3. Port Royal -- wall map puzzle. About 10 minutes to figure out the scratching mechanic. Two more minutes to solve after that.

4. Southwestern Atlantic -- painted body puzzle. A good 60 minutes of puzzling over possibilites before I got the right idea. And probably another 30 minutes before I discovered where the 8 symbol was...it blended with body art pretty well. So a bit under 2 hours.

5. Southeastern Atlantic -- pirate chart/skull and ship puzzle. Haven't gone to pick up a map yet. Just swiped the answer from forums to get to #6. I'll go back and do it for fun when I get the map, hopefully without looking at the how-to spoilers.

6. Cape of Good Hope -- linking chains/buoy puzzle. About 15 minutes.

7. Socotra -- maze/tiles puzzle. About 30 minutes to get the path charted, and another 10 to figure out the symbols.

8. Ceylon -- spices puzzle. About 30 minutes.

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 5:58 pm

Guest · Guest

can u help with #2 please

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 6:37 pm

vbchica923 · Veteran Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 70

Hey Lummi:

In response to your questions...

1) I think in the main POTC thread someone actually mentioned they were almost a finalist, but didn't pick up the phone when Volvo called and when they called back Volvo saying they had received a call from that number, Volvo told them they would have been a finalist if they picked up, or something like that.

2) I also have never done this game before. I also tend to over think:)
My times for each puzzle have looked like this:

1)World's End-I did not know you could interact with these puzzles aka click or move things on the screen. Therefore, I stared and stared for about 2 hours at the screen trying to figure out if I even saw any numbers. I mistakenly, and thankfully, found out that you could interact! Then it took me about 5 minutes.

2)Cuba-Found the crabs right away, probably took me like 10/15 minutes of random clicking to uncover enough where I knew the code.

3)Port Royal-After figuring out I could click and move forward out of the first room (Took me about 10 minutes, I kept trying to click on the map on the left wall at the entrance hallway). I actually found the map puzzle very simple...since my first mistake with puzzle 1, I always check to see what happens if I click or move my mouse around now. Took about 3 minutes.

4)Southwestern Atlantic-This one took me awhile. I actually already knew the 8 was the half-chalice symbol, but I had problems deciphering what the other numbers meant. Prob took me about 1.5 hours to figure out the decoder was on his body.

5)Southeastern Atlantic-Cheated. Well sorta. I actually got the map online and tried to manipulate using paint to get the reflection effect, but that didn't really help and I'm going to get a map later, so I just got the code so I could continue. Prob spent about an hour photo shopping the image and staring at it.

6)Cape of Good Hope-I think I did it differently than most people, took me about 30 minutes.

7)Socotra-Maze was easy, about 10 minutes to get. Figuring out what the numbers meant took about 45 minutes.

8)Ceylon-Thought this was the easiest so far, go figure. Spent about 5-10 minutes.

**Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 8:58 pm

Sassy · Unfettered Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 510

Ready....set....go!

**Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 9:56 am

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synergy · Boot Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 14

It's ON - GO GO GO GO GO GO!

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I stared at the sea and noticed the sign

**Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 10:12 am

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**Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 10:27 am

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**Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 10:29 am

rubber ducky · Kilroy Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 2

On to Sentinel

synergy · Boot Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 14

Fold your map along the lines run through the shapes listed in the clue in the order they appear on the scraps in the water

jegger

Please spoiler solutions. It makes it more fun for the rest of us.

**Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 10:42 am

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