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[UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
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Academy Secrecy Harms City, Council Must Intervene Now
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Over a week ago, a terrible blackout struck the city unexpectedly. At the same time, the data link Perplex City enjoys to Earth was severed, and a backup data link was activated thanks only to the quick action of Cube hunters on Earth. Our city has waited patiently for explanations and apologies from Master of the Academy Sente Kiteway, but none have been forthcoming.

Since that time, only rumours have come out of the Academy, each more ridiculous than the last. Even those statements treated as "fact" by Kiteway's patsy at the Centre for Reality Research, Sarah Covington, are so obviously filtered and heavily spun that one must assume she speaks no words that Kiteway did not choose for her himself. The Sentinel is, therefore, choosing to break from a false objectivity and encourage the populace to take action with us.

It is obvious to even the smallest school children that these events were no coincidence. Moreover, Covington has claimed that the power blackout was caused by a wormhole to Earth, through which people appear to have travelled, and has since remained silent on the topic. This explanation strains credibility on any number of counts. First, we have long been told that this type of transportation between worlds is impossible. How is it suddenly possible, and conveniently in time to take the blame for an incident that harmed dozens of citizens and caused economic harm to even more businesses and families?

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Second, the Academy claims it was in no way involved in this wormhole. This disingenuous statement belies the fact that the Academy and the CRR together are the only entities in the city capable of performing the types of reality research and development that would presumably be required to create a transworld wormhole. Are we now to believe that the cows at Whipsmart have cunningly designed some sort of portal device in order to commune with their brethren on Earth? There is obviously a deeper truth here that the Academy is keeping quiet, and the city deserves to know what it is.

Finally, it has become clear that nobody, not even the City Council, has been kept aware of precisely what the Academy is working on, nor its progress. This is completely unacceptable. How can we leave the recovery of our most precious possession, the Receda Cube, to an unreliable and secretive crew such as this one? Clearly the time is at hand for the Council to pull back on Sente's reins and take these matters well into their own hands.

The Sentinel rarely intervenes directly in matters of public affair, but we feel that when a cause is just, we cannot sit idle and allow it to go unchampioned under the coward's blanket of journalistic objectivity. We, the staff of the Sentinel, are also citizens and taxpayers of the city, and our lives are as affected by the current events we cover as any others'.

Please, take a stand with us. Write to protestSPLATperplexcitysentinel.com and help us demand the truth from the Academy. Help us demand greater City Council oversight of the Academy. We will forward all correspondence to both the Academy and the City Council. The game that Kiteway is playing has proven too dangerous, and we all deserve to know the truth.


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OK13 Unlucky for Some
By KATE BREWSTER

It took almost three weeks, and cost the Dream Team Fan Club half its membership, but the doubters have been silenced today -- Oliverkeers13 is once again top of the leaderboard, following a five-and-a-half hour rampage of card solving.

Kicking off at around 5:40 yesterday afternoon, the protege began a systematic solving blitzkrieg, starting with #254 Escape. By 11:08 last night, he'd completed #008 Mind Candy and with it every Wave 4 card solved so far - a rate of around one card every five minutes, not including the noticeable pause around 9:30pm that Samara Jones, resident PCAG analyst, describes as "most likely a late dinner."

The reaction has been electric. Following his deposition from the top spot by Tally and his plummet to 140th place following the Wave 4 launch, his chances were written off by many -- from members of his own DTFC (whose members on one popular key network halved in the past three weeks) to leading pundits such as Jack Gallagher, writer for Perplex City men's magazine Balls Are The New Cubes. "Possessing an unsustainable pace and cockiness beyond his deserve, he remains a sure-fire candidate for burnout," he wrote, before declaring that "his days are numbered." Yet the former leading competitor seems to have executed a strategy deliberately crafted to challenge the naysayers and re-establish his reign to maximum effect. If anything, his sabbatical has swelled his already-legendary ego only further.

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"It was easy," said Keers, when asked for comment. "I just reclaimed my rightful place. I'm not sure whether all the other Cube Hunters are stupid, or I'm just exceedingly brilliant. I couldn't have done it without the support of the OK13DTFC!" In a previous Sentinel interview, he attributed his success to "a combination of effort, intelligence, and rugged good looks."

"I am the best, so it is only natural that people should love me," he continued.

Meanwhile, Steve Faith, who would like to be able to fly so he can "laugh and point", is flying over much of the leaderboard with 91 solves and 2721 points earned in his first four days of play. Tomrivardgoulet, meanwhile, has accumulated some 12,027 points and 225 solves since he joined a month ago yesterday, making him the champion of this month's new players.

Another exciting week of action on the leaderboard, then. It really can all change in the blink of an eye -- and the Sentinel will be here to report on all of it. Check back next week for the latest leaderboard news and analysis!


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Isador Levenay has issued renewed allegations that his cousin, Raul Levenay, the son of couture empress Isabella Levenay, was murdered by "a fellow family member" as part of a massive conspiracy between various members of the family to control direction of the highly profitable fashion empire. A statement from the company's headquarters has dismissed the claim as "spurious and without truth nor merit."


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Futures
By Madame Bianca, for the week of August 21

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Sometimes my darling, you read far too much into things. Why do you have to make everything complicated? All you're doing is suffering needlessly. So just quit it already.

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
O you lucky duckling, the stars have come together to make this week an absolute singularity of opportunity for you. Make sure your hair is neatly combed and then strike out to see what comes your way.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
I see you're still a bit foggy today, so let's keep this simple: Vidscreens? Bad. Gambling? Bad. PCAG events? Good. Squash risotto? Good. Oversleeping? Bad. Painting your bedroom? Good. Travelling? Very, very bad.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
Particularly loud expression of your political opinions might be just the kind of therapy you need over the next few days. Try it, maybe you'll like it!

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Well hast thou said and holily disprais'd these shapings of the unregenerate mind; bubbles that glitter as they rise and break on vain Philosophy's aye-babbling spring.

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
Your grandiose schemes all come to naught in the coming weeks. Construction is all well and good, but even the Cubeheads agree you have to know how to lay a foundation before you can build a tower.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
Lay off the sweets. You'll be meeting someone very important in the coming days, and you won't be able to make a good impression with a mouth full of caramel, will you?

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
Your usual methods are failing you, aren't they, pumpkin? Take the lesson as it's offered; maybe you should leave off your regular (and, I might add, very dull) routine and try a few new tactics. I mean, it can't hurt to try, can it?

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
You may think you don't have the time for idle chatter, or you may think it's against your hardy moral fibre or some such nonsense, but trust me on this one: indulge a little and you just might learn something you really needed to know.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
A summer cold leaves you sapped of energy and intellect alike. Be easy on yourself, muffin, or it'll last clean through to the Lighting of the Way and you won't even be able to celebrate.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
It may strike you like some sort of thunderclap to learn that as many as 23% of the children entering school this year don't even know how to play Pyramid yet. Yeah, I didn't know, either! Crazy, isn't it?

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
This week, you'll find something you've been looking for has been practically under your nose the whole time. You should listen to your mother when she tells you to look underneath your sofa cushions and whatnot. You can't expect results if you're not thorough.

And remember, sometimes you can't see the library for all the bookshelves.


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 		Uh oh, Spaghettio-s. Shocked

Of course, in a city primarily concerned with secrecy of information, and a viuce grip on knowledge of its past, along with all the loose ends we've found through our limited contacts, something resembling public unrest was only inevitable, and perfectly justified. We've been looking for answers left and right for nigh on 2 years; it's about the general Perplexian public starts prying doors open and getting some answers for themselves.

Only we kept hushed was to not cause panic. The Academy's blunder at this point was an indicator of something far more deliberately hidden for more unsavory reasons.

If I can pry open some timer from my summer AP work, I might write another VFE.

What was once a collection of events may soon be culminating in a catastrophe. Batten the hatches, 'cause here it comes.

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 		Not sure that anyone else cares that much, but Bianca stays with the Romantics this week to give us a spot of Coleridge...do you think when the worm-hole opened she plundered my soul? There seems to be no love-heart emoticon, so looking at this another way: Foily!

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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
Madame Bianca wrote:
The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Sometimes my darling, you read far too much into things. Why do you have to make everything complicated? All you're doing is suffering needlessly. So just quit it already.

I think it's time some of us took a hint, perhaps.

Madame Bianca also wrote:
The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
It may strike you like some sort of thunderclap to learn that as many as 23% of the children entering school this year don't even know how to play Pyramid yet. Yeah, I didn't know, either! Crazy, isn't it?

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And remember, sometimes you can't see the library for all the bookshelves.

Contrary to the previous statement, I have to jump on the word thunderclap in there, and the mention of library/bookshelves.

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(I might keep up this Futures commentary if I find something interesting or relevant each week)

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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
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Madame Bianca also wrote:
The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
It may strike you like some sort of thunderclap to learn that as many as 23% of the children entering school this year don't even know how to play Pyramid yet. Yeah, I didn't know, either! Crazy, isn't it?

...


And remember, sometimes you can't see the library for all the bookshelves.

Contrary to the previous statement, I have to jump on the word thunderclap in there, and the mention of library/bookshelves.

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(I might keep up this Futures commentary if I find something interesting or relevant each week)


You missed something. Under the Three Balls, it says
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XD combed + thunderclap.
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
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The Sentinel is, therefore, choosing to break from a false objectivity and encourage the populace to take action with us....we feel that when a cause is just, we cannot sit idle and allow it to go unchampioned under the coward's blanket of journalistic objectivity.


Cowards are those who write editorials like this without signing a name. I don't believe for one minute that the whole Sentinel staff endorse this rabble-rousing yellow journalist. (But if they do, then I'm not quite sure what will happen to the City and the Academy in the months to come.) (And yes, I read into things. But I worry that we'll/they'll lose more than just contact again.)

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 		futures
Re the futures:

If we are looking for things relating to Combed Thunderclap we get:

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babbling

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combed and then strike


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tower.


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idle chatter


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thunderclap


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library for all the bookshelves.


but the one I find most promising is:
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This week, you'll find something you've been looking for has been practically under your nose the whole time. You should listen to your mother when she tells you to look underneath your sofa cushions and whatnot. You can't expect results if you're not thorough


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 		I really don't understand why the Academy hasn't stated that 3P operatives are on Earth. I'm pretty sure the Sentinel is going to get sensationalistic regardless of what the Academy says, so why not tell them the truth? And it's not like anyone in Perplex City can do better at maintaining the link and the search for the cube than the Academy anyway.
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European Chris wrote:
I'm banned.

Edit: For accuracy. Keep your petty, useless crap off our boards.

Now, I don't want to pour fuel into any fires and if I'm sure some people will disagree with me. I apologize for any offense this may cause and, Mods, please feel free to delete this part of my post or replace it with a snappy comment that makes me look foolish.
BUT...I just wanna say "Thank you" to whoever expressed the above sentiment (Spacely?). As a member of this board, sometimes I feel it's hard to raise certain topics without starting a flame-war of wit and cynicism or dividing players into factions, both of wich are unproductive and detrimental to the atmosphere.
I feel the fine line between disagreeing/joking and negativity/ego-fuelled name-calling has been crossed more than once. So I gotta say: great job on making that distinction! The moderation of this board does not cease to impress. Thanks for that!

Now, to get back on topic, I'm afraid I don't have any further useful observations. I just think that we should totally keep an eye on Madame Biancas futures. More often than not, her futures seem in synch with the thoughts in the community. She is psychic, after all! I guess in a totally roundabout way, her little hints might give a nudge to the right line of thinking on our unsolved questions or at least get us off of the wrong track. Though admittedly it's often impossible to distinguish to what her comments apply, if at all...

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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
cassandra wrote:
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Please, take a stand with us. Write to protestSPLATperplexcitysentinel.com and help us demand the truth from the Academy. Help us demand greater City Council oversight of the Academy. We will forward all correspondence to both the Academy and the City Council. The game that Kiteway is playing has proven too dangerous, and we all deserve to know the truth.


*coughs* I think we're meant to email the protest email to get the truth from the academy, seen as though we don't really know whats going on either, I sure want to know whats ACTUALLY going on anyway.

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 		Emailing that address gives an auto-respond.

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Thank you for taking the time to register your opinion on this important topic
with the Sentinel. We are certain that with community support from citizens
like you, we will all get to the truth in short order.

Remember, your voice matters.

Sincerely,
The Sentinel Staff


Just putting it here, 'cos this thread's the most fitting for it to be in.
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
poozle wrote:
cassandra wrote:
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Please, take a stand with us. Write to protestSPLATperplexcitysentinel.com and help us demand the truth from the Academy. Help us demand greater City Council oversight of the Academy. We will forward all correspondence to both the Academy and the City Council. The game that Kiteway is playing has proven too dangerous, and we all deserve to know the truth.


*coughs* I think we're meant to email the protest email to get the truth from the academy, seen as though we don't really know whats going on either, I sure want to know whats ACTUALLY going on anyway.


I'm not so sure that having the City Council breathing down the back of the academy neck is going to help the situation. If anything it'll just cause more problems while the academy falsefies or pretties up anything that could make them/us look bad before the city finds out. For example, if the city had been paying attention while we were hijacking certain satellites or making false phone calls, there could have been a bit of trouble.

Alright, A bit More trouble than there was.

While I'm confident that even we're not getting the entire story of what goes on at the academy, I think it's one of those things were we have to weigh the pros and the cons. If we have to sacrifice a bit more knowledge about the inner workings of the academy for an inquery from the city council, what we find out might not be worth what we gave up to get there.

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 		Man, does it feel like we're being taunted even more... Confused

For some reason it feels like we've got all the pieces, but we're just not joining them together right - and I don't just mean the weird shapes on the cards.

The Library of Babel is obviously some kind of key to all this. (Ah right, I just got the "tower" link in Rose's post Embarassed ) Just wish I had so much more time to think about it right now Sad

I wonder if having the different puzzles in different threads is helping - for me, it feels like they're all separate, and each is being worked on individually, but what we really need is to bring them all together, cross-pollinate.

Time to get the A1 paper and big pens out...
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 21 Aug 06 - Academy Accountability
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OK13 Unlucky for Some
By KATE BREWSTER

It took almost three weeks, and cost the Dream Team Fan Club half its membership, but the doubters have been silenced today -- Oliverkeers13 is once again top of the leaderboard, following a five-and-a-half hour rampage of card solving.

Kicking off at around 5:40 yesterday afternoon, the protege began a systematic solving blitzkrieg, starting with #254 Escape. By 11:08 last night, he'd completed #008 Mind Candy and with it every Wave 4 card solved so far - a rate of around one card every five minutes, not including the noticeable pause around 9:30pm that Samara Jones, resident PCAG analyst, describes as "most likely a late dinner."

The reaction has been electric. Following his deposition from the top spot by Tally and his plummet to 140th place following the Wave 4 launch, his chances were written off by many -- from members of his own DTFC (whose members on one popular key network halved in the past three weeks) to leading pundits such as Jack Gallagher, writer for Perplex City men's magazine Balls Are The New Cubes. "Possessing an unsustainable pace and cockiness beyond his deserve, he remains a sure-fire candidate for burnout," he wrote, before declaring that "his days are numbered." Yet the former leading competitor seems to have executed a strategy deliberately crafted to challenge the naysayers and re-establish his reign to maximum effect. If anything, his sabbatical has swelled his already-legendary ego only further.

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"It was easy," said Keers, when asked for comment. "I just reclaimed my rightful place. I'm not sure whether all the other Cube Hunters are stupid, or I'm just exceedingly brilliant. I couldn't have done it without the support of the OK13DTFC!" In a previous Sentinel interview, he attributed his success to "a combination of effort, intelligence, and rugged good looks."

"I am the best, so it is only natural that people should love me," he continued.


Just out of curiosity, is this British humor?

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