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[UPDATE] Sentinel - October 11th
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel - October 11th
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Sente's Team on Earth Delivers on Promises
By IONA RODIE

Master of the Academy Sente Kiteway held a joint press conference along with City Council Leader Camryn Scott to announce a significant development in his endeavours to locate and recover the Receda Cube. According to Kiteway, his subordinates on Earth, Mind Candy, have delivered a system that allows would-be Cube-hunters to solve cards and accrue Perplex Points. The system is designed to be reminiscent of some kinds of PCAG play, with high scorers rising to the top of the leaderboard, a move expected to foster amicable rivalry between friends. Inside sources at the Academy suggest that Sente may even plan to award special Earth-only leitmarks to players who reach specific point scores.

The system appears to be popular among Kiteway's Earth players, with approximately 150 ranked players and more than 2000 instances of correct solves in less than 24 hours of play.

"This is a proud day for the city, and I think it will mark a turning point in our efforts to interest the Earth public in our situation and encourage them further to help us," said Sente. Scott called the system a "noble effort by parties in both worlds, finally come to fruition."

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The first card solved was a red pixel card: #25, Read Between the Lines. The very first solver was Dysper -- though she got it correct only on her second try. The first silver card solved was #244, Syzygy Cube. The woman taking the honour was Cassandra.

Thus far, most of the top-ranked players are from the United Kingdom and the United States. The highest-ranked player from another country is zoltan, from Denmark. At press time, he is ranked in 7th place with 929 points. Of the top 10 players, 4 are women, and only two of the five players to have broken the thousand-point barrier are men.

The first player to accrue over a thousand points is BrianEnigma, who dominated the leaderboard for some time. He was briefly eclipsed by players walther and Hunting4Treasur, but at press time has regained the lead with 1436 points and an impressive 51 cards solved (of the 66 released thus far) in a mere 81 attempts. Before BrianEnigma began his rush to the top, play was dominated for several hours by Malinky.

The system appears to be the final step in Kiteway's plan to engage the people of Earth in an elaborate game to interest them in searching for the Receda Cube, stolen from the Academy Museum nearly two years ago. Kiteway had endured significant criticism for the secrecy and slow pace of his efforts, but with these visible results to show, the city is beginning to warm to his plans. The Sentinel plans to cover activity on the leaderboard in order to monitor Earth's ongoing interest in aiding the city, and the relative success of the plan.


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Museum Protests Continue

Protests at the Academy Museum continued this weekend for the third week in a row, following the announcement of an exhibit planned to cover the war. Museum spokesmen claim the topic will be handled with sensitivity, but a growing body of protesters insist that the subject is better left undiscussed. (Full text)


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# Parks Office Issues Policy
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By Madame Bianca, for the week of October 10

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
There's never a bad time to make a fresh start, sweet pea. Why don't you tally up the things you shouldn't be doing and then stop with the doing them part? Bettering yourself, it's an ongoing process.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
Don't fool yourself into thinking you know what's going on, muffin. The real sharp will see that there are always forces at work that verge on the unknowable -- lucky for you I'm here to explain fate, at least.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
A date will turn sour when your second cousin shows up at the same spot and makes free with stories about your last flame. Who by the way was better for you anyway. It's never too late to make that 'take me back' call.

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Light breaks upon the water, breaks in a thousand pieces. So is it with all things, what is broken once will never again be made whole.

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
If you feel strongly about something, it's always a good idea to act on it. You don't tend to regret the things you did do half so much as the ones you didn't. Except for that one thing you did, the thing we're not going to talk about anymore.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
A friend will try to borrow five hundred lecks from you this week. Do your best to squirm out of it, you'll never see it again.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
Your lucky beverage this week: delicious mulled cider. A good solid quaff every day this week will bring you untapped reserves of vigour and ambition. (It's the cinnamon.) Bringing some in to the gang at work may raise your profile to the people on top, too.

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
You are so getting dumped this week. I'd give you the poor-baby treatment if you didn't deserve it oh-so-very-much. Try harder next time, duckling. At least pretending to listen? Would be a good start.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
Outstanding performance on a pop quiz later in the week is the last before a long, dry spell of intellectual fog. If you don't want to lose your standing as the brainiac among your peers, now is a good time to start quietly stockpiling some mental pharmaceuticals, if you know what I mean.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
A sudden surge of piousness this week leaves you wondering if you have any idea what you're doing with your life. Don't worry, it's going to pass by Sunday and leave you your old, heretical self.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
You feel the need to create something with your hands, I see. It's been a little while since you've let your creative vision run free and unfettered, so you may as well give it a go. Just try to keep your blinds down this time, 'k?

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Your flaky ways have begun to annoy even those you consider your closest and dearest. Shape up, pumpkin, or you won't be able to cash in on your favours-owed anymore -- and worse, you may find yourself giftless at the end of the year!

And remember, none grow fat without eating.


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 		interesting quote:
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may even plan to award special Earth-only leitmarks to players who reach specific point scores

so if we land on say, 333 we may get a badge? any other numbers i wonder?
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There's never a bad time to make a fresh start, sweet pea


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If you feel strongly about something, it's always a good idea to act on it. You don't tend to regret the things you did do half so much as the ones you didn't


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A sudden surge of piousness this week leaves you wondering if you have any idea what you're doing with your life.


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Your flaky ways have begun to annoy even those you consider your closest and dearest. Shape up, pumpkin, or you won't be able to cash in on your favours-owed anymore -- and worse, you may find yourself giftless at the end of the year!


I don't know how the rest of you are reading these, but it seems to me that we're being warned about being too satisfied with ourselves before the Oct. 22 event. The only piece we've almost given up on is the Long Island clue and I have a feeling we're being told we better figure it out before its too late.

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The Apple-Thief wrote:
Light breaks upon the water, breaks in a thousand pieces. So it is with all things, what is broken once will never again be made whole.


You know, every other week I've been able to find where the Apple-Thief text came from. Not so this week, unfortunately. If anyone could give me a hand, I might not go crazy from having this line of text stuck in my head. Twisted Evil
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Light breaks upon the water, breaks in a thousand pieces. So it is with all things, what is broken once will never again be made whole.


Brede? Allain? Brede's Key? Viendenbourg? The Kiteway family?
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 		Maybe I should've explained.

The Apple-Thief text is always (or it has always been in the past) an excerpt from a poem. Last week was obscure to say the least (I could only find one site on the whole internet with the text of the poem). This time... I'm totally stumped. I've not even got a title or an author. Crying or Very sad
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 		Is there ANY common ground between previous authors/poems.

I mean there might be something small

All 5 letter last names, dates of birth. Anything?
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Light breaks upon the water, breaks in a thousand pieces. So it is with all things, what is broken once will never again be made whole.


I don't know. It sounds as if it has been translated from another language? Perhaps they are getting tricky by giving us translations of a foriegn text??
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sledgecallier wrote:
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Light breaks upon the water, breaks in a thousand pieces. So it is with all things, what is broken once will never again be made whole.


I don't know. It sounds as if it has been translated from another language? Perhaps they are getting tricky by giving us translations of a foriegn text??


Could be - sounds also a bit like a quote from that 1970s Kung Fu television series...

Have tried the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - nearest I could get is from William Walsh (that extraordinarily famous Enlgish poet from the 17th Century...) - "A lover forsaken/A new love may get/but a neck once broken/Can never be set".

Useless, or what?
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