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Enigmaster · Friday, September 2, 2005 Vacation time! Category: me, 06:22 PM

[UPDATE] The Scarlett Kite (2nd Sept 05)

**Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:13 pm

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vortex-5 · Boot Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 56

OMG that one was lame

**Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:31 pm

JamesDart

They're obviously trying to make people feel smart so they'll want to join the game. "Oh wow, that puzzle was easy! I bet I could win this game! I'll just go buy 20 packs of cards now!"

**Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:21 am

sledgecallier

Wow! That was easy! Even I managed to solve that one! Laughing

I'm guessing we should see this as more of an OOG PR exercise that anything serious for those of us already in game. After all, the more the merrier...

**Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:30 am

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So what was the answer? (lol, just kidding... Laughing

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I don't like how the only way you could win the prize was if you live in the UK... Raspberry

**Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:01 am

Rob_Riv · Unfettered Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 350

**Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:52 am

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Seej · Unfettered Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 614

Yeesh, as if it wasn't already easy enough they went and made it multi-choice. I'm guessing that most of us knew what the answer would be without even reading the puzzle. Still, as JamesDart says, better to ease people in gently than throw, ooooh, say, something like this at them. Incidentally, I ran half a pub-quiz last week and one of the rounds I did was riddles (including Sphinx, Forever Foe and the Puzzle email ones) - stuck the pxc.com address on the sheets just for good measure and everyone seemed to enjoy working them out so I think it's probably a pretty good way to get people hooked.

As for the problem of only being able to win in the UK, I get the same problem when I win stuff from coke bottles, etc. on holiday in the US - the knife cuts both ways.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:50 am

tanner

**Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:01 am

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I was at a quiz a while ago, the question "what is the study of flags known as" I instantly thought of card 170, Vexillogy. That was the one point that put us in 1st! Thank you PC

**Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:17 pm

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I tried to flirt with someone up by talking about the towers of Hanoi; it didn't work....thanks a hell of a lot PC. Evil or Very Mad

**Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:46 pm

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'flirted with someone up'??

**Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:29 pm

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Yes, it's a new way of talking to people you fancy. Very cosmopolitan.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:30 pm

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Atrophied

Hmmm, I've heard of "flirting with someone" and "chatting someone up", but not "flirting someone up"... very strange.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:31 pm

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