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[UPDATE] Sentinel-Feb 27th
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ryandrew
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel-Feb 27th
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Blafard in NY Crowned First Earth PCAG Winner
By CORWIN JONES

Blafard was crowned the first-ever PCAG champion on Earth on the 15th of February, in an historic moment for both the PCAG and for Earth-Perplex City relations. He was awarded with a crystal cube trophy and will also be receiving 300 points on the leaderboard, probably to appear later in the week. Runner-up str1cken will be receiving 200 points for his own impressive performance.

Interestingly, blafard was not a previously-registered Cube hunter, and so his victory at the PCAG tournament was his phenomenal first step into the cause of Perplex City, the games, and the Cube. Str1cken, on the other hand, is a veteran card solver, with over 2000 points to his name on the leaderboard at present.

The New York games were a single player knock-out tournament involving over 40 competitors, unfolding over five rounds. Opening with the Perplexian classic, Roundabout, which is comparable to the popular Earth game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'. Each player earned up to three points in the opening round. In the second round, tables of players faced off in Set, an Earth card game involving rapid pattern recognition. In this round, the contestants battled against each other to score the most points, with one point awarded per set matched during a single round of the game.

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The top eight scorers from the first two rounds then advanced to round three, in which players were assigned pairs to play two games of QbicZu, a three-dimensional version of the Earth game tic-tac-toe in which the winner scores the most lines, rather than the game halting when only one line is drawn. The four top players were then reduced to two through a round of Batik, an Earth-developed strategic spatial game. Finally, these two top puzzle solvers met in front of all the competitors to dual in the highlight of the PCAG tournament, a game of Clash.

The finalists raced to be the first to score five points at a series of riddles, questions and conundrums, which included several as-yet-unreleased puzzle cards. Blafard took an early lead over str1cken, eventually leading 4 to 2. The game culminated in a tense series of questions where neither competitor was able to provide the correct answer within the set time limit. Finally, Blafard ended the games and the night by scoring the winning point off an unreleased Wave 4 card: St. Ives. Blafard was presented the cube trophy on behalf of the PCAG, Robert Zhi-Hui, and the people of Perplex City.

A second PCAG tournament was held over the weekend in London, but full details have not yet emerged. The Sentinel plans a full analysis of the event as soon as more information becomes available.


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Everything Changes on the Leaderboard
By KATE BREWSTER

A breathtaking slew of developments shook the leaderboard up this week, leaving behind a new landscape. In combination, the PCAG Earth events, a sneak preview of a Wave 3 card and the solving of a Wave 2 silver have instigated a complete overhaul on the board, particularly at the top.

The changes began almost two weeks ago when it was announced the top players from the New York PCAG events would be receiving extra points on the leaderboard. These points (300 to player blafard and 200 to player str1cken) have yet to be awarded, and their overall effect is likely to be small. however, the games also included a taste of things to come. Several Wave 3 and 4 cards were displayed, including card #69, Algebragraffiti. Just four days later, this card was released as part of a puzzle supplement in a major British newspaper, the Sunday Telegraph.

Foregoing the standard unique code format, this card was printed as part of a double page spread of puzzles and included a web link which could be accessed by anyone. This link led to a standard solve form for the card, allowing hundreds of new and old players to solve the card before it was officially released. While only 18 points were awarded for correctly solving the card, the order of the top leaderboard players slowly began to change as the news of the card spread and the solves came in. The first 250 correct solvers were also rewarded with a pack of puzzle cards. The card has now been solved over 800 times.

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Many had expected this would be the last big change before the London PCAG event, but they were greatly mistaken. On the night of the 24th of February, less than 24 hours before the start of the London event, Gibbet correctly solved the Wave 2 silver card #242, Ciphers of History. Shortly after, the card system received even more correct solves -- over 100 to date. This brought on another significant set of changes at the top of the board. Now, donstobbart is back at the top of the board, sharing 1st place with 51 other players, all with 6198 points. This, however, will soon change again.

Although details from the London PCAG event are trickling in very slowly, the Sentinel has learned that teams of players competed not only to claim the most points at the event and win the main prize (a crystal cube trophy for each team member of the first-place team), but also to win points on the leaderboard. While these points have yet to be awarded, it is safe to assume that the members of the Puzzle Monkeys, the winning team, will soon see themselves climbing up the board.

In other news, the 200,000-cards-solved mark was passed this weekend, and the total number of players now stands at nearly 27,000; rumours began circulating at the London event that the Reimann card does require solving the Riemann hypothesis, though the Academy refuses to comment on this; and Mind Candy have unofficially announced that Wave 3 cards will be available in late March.

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# Handover Halted
# Lanking Plans Retirement
# Earth Book Sales Strong
# Scandal Rocks Theatre


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Futures
By Madame Bianca, for the week of February 27

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
The scent of desperation hangs heavy around you. Don't think they won't notice, it's really impossible to miss, dumpling. You won't be getting what you want until you don't seem to want it so very badly.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
Did you know that the fabled composer Katerina Goodenough was never recognised during her lifetime? She worked as a baker's assistant her whole life, and her work only came to light after her death. It's nothing to do with you, I just though it was interesting.

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
A happy surprise awaits you, and what's better, you don't even have to work for it. I'm f course not telling what it is, since it would ruin the surprise. Just sit back and let the universe bring fortune to you, you lucky scamp.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
This is the one week out of the entire year that it's crucial for you to avoid speaking on the record to a representative for the government. No matter how important or favourable it may seem at the time, nothing good can possibly come of it. Reschedule, sunshine.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
Oh, honey, aren't you tired of the drama yet? Everybody else is, especially when we all know nothing is even half so interesting as you're painting it. And a special tip for you: things might seem a little less pressing if you'd just take a step back to gain some perspective.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
Nothing you do can possibly make this week work out for you. Ill luck will dog you like wet in the sea. You might be tempted to try to take an impromptu holiday to mitigate the damage, but trust me, that will only make it worse. Just grit your teeth and march onward.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
You love a scandal, don't deny it, and whoo is there a whopper of a scandal about to unfold before you. I know usually it's against your policy to get involved. This time, though, maybe you should exert yourself to make everything a little less messy. There may be compensation later.

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
Yeah, for you? I've got nothing. Nothing interesting, anyway. Although you should probably be avoiding hot liquids for a while.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
This is it, pumpkin. This is the week you've been waiting for. Hate to tell you, but it's not going to be anything like you thought. By the time next Monday rolls around, you're going to be asking everyone what the big deal was.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
Seek out salty, crunchy foods and blue environs this week. Under no circumstances should you commit your thoughts to writing. This is a good week to create puppets to donate to the schools out of all of those lonely singleton socks of yours.

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Long in thy shackles, liberty I ask not from these walls, but thee; left for awhile another's bride, to fancy all the world beside.

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
The winter hasn't been kind to you, muffin, and you haven't been kind to yourself, either. Lay off the pastries and sweets for this week, and no cheating. I promise you'll find a new spring in your step by the weekend.

And remember, however sharp the mind, you still need hands to build.

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Caine: I need very urgently to be far more drunk than this.
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 		The Apple Thief this week is from a poem by Richard Lovelace called "To Lucasta, from Prison"

Linky goodness

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 		My my, Madame is very cynical this week! Sounds like someone's retaining a lot of bitterness about something... that or she needs a good dose of syrup of figs Surprised .

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Scandal Rocks Theatre
?? Wonder what that's about?

Maybe someone's written a 'Springtime for Hitler'-style musical about the war? hehe, maybe not...
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 		There are two phrases that interest me in the whole thing (apart, of course, from Madame Bianca's normal lunacy)

Now, donstobbart is back at the top of the board, sharing 1st place with 51 other players, all with 6198 points. This, however, will soon change again.

Ominous.

and

# Earth Book Sales Strong

Why? (sorry to those of you that contributed stuff worth reading!). They must be judging the book by its cover.
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poozle
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Mikeyj wrote:
This, however, will soon change again.

Ominous.


Not really, points from PCAG, Wave 3, lots of new things soon.

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 		Is that Earthworks ad new?

Just curious, hadn't seen it before.


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 		joPM:

Short answer: no
Long answer: no, it's been there since they started putting up new adverts.

Oh, and welcome to the boards!
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Madame Bianca wrote:
This is a good week to create puppets to donate to the schools out of all of those lonely singleton socks of yours.


Juxta feels the love for Herbert, King of the Sock Puppets, infiltrating even Madame B's lunatic ramblings

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Mikeyj wrote:
# Earth Book Sales Strong Why?
Obviously lots of d20 fFans in the city. and belly dancers. and space invaders. and ..

you know, it's really a quite solid book Smile a really good read, eh.
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 		Not that it seemed to have made a bit of difference as we still haven't seen the last page of Grainger's diary!! Perhaps we should push Violet on this now that Kurt's little escapades seemed to have gone off the boil?
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