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[Trailhead] Priestly Industries
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vapor
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 		These are all golf courses and the number below the course names is most likely the hole number.

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Taking the par for each hole you get
34435 544 5443 545 543


Hope that helps

ETA: I used golf.com to find those numbers. Ft. Lee has 3 different courses and neither one of them is called (red) but I am pretty sure I got the rest of them right.

ETA2: Ok so Mr. Priestly had a handicap of 2 according to his LinkedIn profile, so, with handicap and with this line from comments:

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Might I suggest taking a good, hard look at my Linkedin personal interests. The math should come rather quickly after that.


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his strokes on each of these holes should be
56657 766 7665 767 765


I tried a couple of substitution ciphers and predictive text but nothing real tangible except maybe LOOKS SON POOL POP SOL...but I somehow think that's not it.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:06 pm
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VeritasK
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 		"He preferred to walk and always played the back tees."

Do you think that means anything?

Do you think it is a word? He said the Math would come quickly so it might just be the number you already have.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:19 pm
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vapor
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 		Heh I think the last comment by Mr. Priestly was aimed at me

me wrote:
Ft. Lee has 3 different courses and neither one of them is called (red)


gerard Priestly wrote:
By the by … I beg to differ.

http://www.leemwr.com/Rec/rec_golf_scorecard.htm


Shifty Eyes

ETA: Ok so I'm not a golfer. I've been researching golf handicaps and the math involved. It's pretty complicated. I didn't get it quite right the first time.

ETA 2: Ok this puzzle has got me Bang Head . I was running into a brick wall with the par idea so I looked up the yardage for each hole. Then I saw on the priestly enterprises site that it was already recommended.

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Dear Master Michael,

You are correct. Handicap is of no consequence with regard to this puzzle. The key is to use the correct yardage, hence my latest advice on confirming my personal interest information on Linkedin. Good luck on getting the yardage for Mare Island! I'm sure they're pro shop would be only to happy to accommodate your call!

Best,

Gerard

cc: SAW

@Gerard Priestly


Still not quite sure what to make of it but here they are


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121 412 404 223 363
475 303 331
569 420 325 567
397 377 515
532 363 363


These are all the yardage from the back tee according to http://www.handicaptracker.golf.com
http://www.stracka.com
and http://www.youtube.com/user/strackagolf2

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wisdomwarrior
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 		Vapor, I got some different yardage numbers than you did, and I found them mostly at the websites of the courses in question. I wonder which are valid, and I also think you got some yardage wrong from the site you used itself. Plus, Ft. Lee is mentioned a few times, yet only once is there a course name used, the others have no reference to one of the three courses.

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jessie1326
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wisdomwarrior wrote:
Vapor, I got some different yardage numbers than you did, and I found them mostly at the websites of the courses in question. I wonder which are valid, and I also think you got some yardage wrong from the site you used itself. Plus, Ft. Lee is mentioned a few times, yet only once is there a course name used, the others have no reference to one of the three courses.


I set this aside for a while, but when I was working on it I found that several of the non-official sites had different yardages than the official. Also, with respect to Gerard's comment, Mare Island does not have official numbers on their site. Given the inaccuracies on the non-official sites for the other courses, he may be right that a call to the pro shop may be the only 100% reliable option.

With all of that said, I have no idea which tee he wants the yardages for or what to do with the numbers. Mod26 did not work, nor did totaling the digits. Hope that helps!

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vapor
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wisdomwarrior wrote:
Vapor, I got some different yardage numbers than you did, and I found them mostly at the websites of the courses in question. I wonder which are valid, and I also think you got some yardage wrong from the site you used itself. Plus, Ft. Lee is mentioned a few times, yet only once is there a course name used, the others have no reference to one of the three courses.


Yeah I ran into the same problem with Ft. Lee. and White Sands AFB (WSAFB wasn't listed as a course on stracka.com so I had to refer to the course's website) I believe I used the red course for all the references. It also helped to look at the drawings above the hole #s since they correlate pretty closely to the actual layout of the hole (I think. There was a lot of back and forth from different websites to the puzzle)

I am going to put this asside for now and focus on a different ARG that just got heavy. I'll continue to lurk and maybe chime in here and there. Hopefully my input on the puzzle will help you guys come to a solve. Good luck and God speed.

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OhGrebo
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 		I called the Mare Island Pro Shop

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Yardage from the back tee for the 8th hole: 205. This however was the White tee. Further investigation shows the Blue tee is 223.


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stevenwonder
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 		So I've been watching the priestlyindustries.com site recently, and looking at the comments, and it seems like some of the characters have kinda gone crazy?

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VeritasK
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 		anyone having luck with this "final" puzzle?

Looking at it is weird.

Photoshop skills to figure out which letters are faded and how much might be needed.

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E.Y.E. Spy
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 		Three things:

1. Virginia Jean Dow got the 200 points.

2. Someone named "Wisdom Warrior" won 150 points because he "pointed out that I was being less than a gracious host." Anyone know who that is?

3. I got an E-Mail:

Quote:

Dear Master Michael,

Mr. Priestly advised me to send you a correspondence. Ms. Virginia Jean Dow solved the last puzzle offering for a grand total of 200 points. She is now in the lead with 221 points. You are presently in second place with 205 points.

There is a new and possibly last puzzle offering. Mr. Priestly is terribly ill and the contest may be drawing to a close. His doctors are not optimistic.

You should also be aware that tasks are now worth 50 points a piece, but photographic proof is mandatory.

Sincerely,

Sally Ann Whiterose

cc: GP


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:46 pm
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wisdomwarrior
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 		That's me. I saw that, but I was highly offended that someone was able to solve the puzzle with the wrong information. So, I emailed Sally. Then I was told that I made a mistake, which just kinda put me off on the whole thing because I did not. Then the link to the puzzle was changed to reflect the way Virginia Jean got the answer, correcting the mistake that had made it impossible for players to solve. So, while I do check from time to time, I kinda don't spend the time because suppose the puzzle is "wrong" again which makes it impossible to solve.

E.Y.E. Spy wrote:
Three things:

1. Virginia Jean Dow got the 200 points.

2. Someone named "Wisdom Warrior" won 150 points because he "pointed out that I was being less than a gracious host." Anyone know who that is?

3. I got an E-Mail:

Quote:

Dear Master Michael,

Mr. Priestly advised me to send you a correspondence. Ms. Virginia Jean Dow solved the last puzzle offering for a grand total of 200 points. She is now in the lead with 221 points. You are presently in second place with 205 points.

There is a new and possibly last puzzle offering. Mr. Priestly is terribly ill and the contest may be drawing to a close. His doctors are not optimistic.

You should also be aware that tasks are now worth 50 points a piece, but photographic proof is mandatory.

Sincerely,

Sally Ann Whiterose

cc: GP



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VeritasK
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 		Some people have been repeating previously posted posts. This server is based in Dallas Texas which fits the OOG aspect. Might be the students/other students of the class. These are the blogs i have found so far... "Bring back james" reminds me of James is Missing. *shrug* this could even be something else entirely...

Priestly Blogs

Priestly Blogs
http://www.freedomsociety.net/
http://www.spicesauce.com/
http://www.affinityclan.com/
http://www.personalfitnessblog.com/
http://www.cardiffquay.com/
http://www.dirtywhistle.com/
http://www.dancepropaganda.com/
http://www.firehatch.com/
http://www.criminalmadness.com/
http://www.judgeroberts.com/
http://www.lifegoalsetting.com/
http://www.orangekrakow.com/
http://www.borncompany.com/
http://www.miniriver.com/
http://www.enemyrose.com/
http://www.mysticfair.com/
http://www.tokyofashionguide.com/
http://www.deanbreaker.com/
http://www.dailyping.net/

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E.Y.E. Spy
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 		Well, I certainly wasn't expecting this...

http://priestlyindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Sally-Arrested-Article.jpg
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VeritasK
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 		Honestly I have lost track with the amount of blogs and website registrations that are going on for this one. Everything about this is shouting "WEIRD"

It is safe to assume nothing about anything at all ever, yes.

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VeritasK
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 		So.... is this one *finished*?

Is her being arrested the conclusion?

If it is... what is up with all of the fake-blogs?

Beyond caring now. The solution for the last puzzle was completely out of left field.

*drop*

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