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Sabator
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[Puzzle] # 14 Cocos Islands
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Under water
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:54 am
Last edited by Sabator on Wed May 16, 2007 11:33 am; edited 2 times in total
doublecross
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Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 588 Location: London, UK
I think it is actually Cocos Islands (see http://www.cocos-tourism.cc/about.htm )
Puzzle opens 18 May, 21.00 local time.
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:19 am
robg113
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Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 4 Location: US
Aren't the fish lovely? See you all on the 18th.
Arg!
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:39 am
Sassy
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Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 510
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.... This puzzle looks beautiful!!
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:41 am
Sabator
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Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 159 Location: Florida
Map Sassy I don't think we are going to use the map here!
Looks like an aquarium.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:09 pm
Sassy
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New Puzzle... I am HOPING, Sab, that this isn't a puzzle re-hash.....like finding dubloons or plate shards in the sand, or even counting colors of fish. I am hoping it is a completely original puzzle. Like in the old game, the puzzle I thought was the MOST original was the ladder game. That was super creative as far as these things go. Frustrating, and time consuming, but the whole way you are thinking how wicked cool the thing really is.
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:03 pm
Cmdr Bond
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Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 52
Agree with that, that ladder was one of the most difficult as it was so easy to lose count.
TBH, whilst simple once you realise it, I think the lanterns was the best puzzle yet.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:11 pm
Sabator
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Lantern puzzle The lantern puzzle was very interesting but not in keeping with the times in which these puzzles are suppose to be taking place. Just my way of thinking but they should stick to things according to the pirates of the caribbean time frame. With the lantern puzzle I was thinking that it was some sort of a switch type puzzle and that you had to click on the lanterns in the right order to get all the lanterns burning and then the results would be revealed. I didn't like the fact that it was so slow to move across the screen. It was kind of like the crab puzzle slow.
I think it was a good puzzle though as it had me stumped because I was headed in the wrong direction.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:37 pm
Sabator
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Interesting Cocos (Keeling) Islands Facts William Keeling of the East India Company was the first to stumble upon them in 1609. Did everyone notice the little mini hunt puzzle back in the Sentinel section.
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands lay 2,000 miles due west of Darwin, Australia and more than 600 miles SW of Sumatra and Java. They are considered to be among the most remote islands in the world.
The water around the island contains schools of green Parrot fish, Trevale, Yellow Snappers, Surgeon fish, Angels, Trigger fish, Reef Sharks, and a ton of Tridacna clams.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:11 pm
doublecross
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It's odd that on the map the red line moves north-east from the previous location, and yet the figures for the latitude mean it should be further south.
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:36 am
Sabator
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Odd Map When we moved from Singapore to South of Java we should have went southeast but we went southwest. Now we went back northeast which is not right either. The coordinates that the map circles is nowhere close to the coordinates of the actual place your right.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:55 am
Ursa
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Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 108 Location: Alexander, NY
Hey All,
I just realized that we missed something HUGE back at Krakatoa that was likely another clue going into that puzzle. The first set of coords were 6 61S which is not possible. There are only 60 minutes to a degree therefore, we had and extra 1. With the 0's on the lamps, we had our binary code clue laid out for us before hand. Sneaky?!
I also found a really cool isle for those who use Google Earth. Much better than Krakatoa
Paste in: 38 43s 77 32e and search
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:26 pm
doublecross
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Time in Cocos Islands = GMT + 6 1/2 hours. The puzzle should therefore become live in about 5 1/2 hours.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:00 am
Cpt. Jenny Kidd
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Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 91 Location: New Mexico
swim? look for the cave or count the fish??? I love to snorkel
Do you think maybe we are looking for a cave
kind of wandering around the sea floor... in a manner like the ladder you all so enjoyed...
Splash!!!!
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:09 am
Last edited by Cpt. Jenny Kidd on Sat May 19, 2007 6:17 am; edited 1 time in total
Sabator
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Behind the mask Behind the screen mask is a faint picture of a skull don't think it has anything to do with the puzzle though.
I think its a clam or fish thing.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:12 am
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