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[UPDATE] Sentinel - 11 Sept 06 - Jumper Puzzled
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cassandra
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel - 11 Sept 06 - Jumper Puzzled
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Guilty Jumper Cites Extreme Puzzling as Motivation
By GARIMA KING

Stunt enthusiast Raoul Benton was convicted last week on charges of trespassing and public endangerment for his May thrill-seeking jump from Ascendancy Point. During the trial, Benton revealed that he was a part of an extreme puzzling community, which seeks personal bragging rights based on the ability to solve puzzles under extreme duress. His jump was an attempt to gain personal status within this highly competitive community.

Other participants in the hobby, he said, have been known to solve series of simple puzzles in extremes of heat and cold, while deep-sea diving, or during difficult rock climbs. During his Ascendancy Point jump, Benton said, he was working on a number of short anagrams, and he blamed the distraction for the unsuccessful end to his jump. Benton suffered a fractured collarbone and several cracked ribs, as well as multiple scrapes and bruises, after he crashed into the building on the 19th floor.

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Judge Lucia Janowicz sentenced Benton to three months of imprisonment, a PCL20,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. Benton called the sentence "very fair, considering what could have happened," and said that he is thankful that the only injured party was himself.

Benton was unable to shed light on the identity of a previous jumper, however, who escaped from the scene apparently unscathed, leaving behind only a purple parachute. The purple parachutist was almost certainly a fellow member of the extreme puzzling community, Benton said, but he was unable to provide police with enough information to identify a suspect. Rumours within the community indicate, however, that the purple parachutist successfully solved a particularly dificult sudoku puzzle on his descent.

Residents of Ascendancy Point filed a lawsuit against the building's management following the pair of incidents. The suit alleges that a series of grave security breaches over the preceding year, including the murder of a resident, prove gross negligence on the part of Eclipse Security. The suit has not yet been heard in court.


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Tally Makes Comeback To Lead Her Board
By KATE BREWSTER

Former leaderboard champion Tally has staged a resurgent comeback to regain what many consider to be her "rightful" place top the Earth Leaderboard. Her ascent has been more relaxed than that of her arch-rival, Oliverkeers13, but no less dramatic. A spate of silver solves in recent days has propelled her once more to the top spot, with a record-breaking 15,600 points to her name.

Keen observers will note that the current state of affairs closely mirrors that of the pre-Wave-4 situation. PCAG statistician Samara Jones comments: "They say the next big thing is here, that the revolution's near, but to me it seems quite clear, that it's all just a little bit of history repeating."

"We never change, do we? We never learn to leave, so I want to live in a wooden house," she added.

Rlp6028, not to be confused with the 6027 other rlp's presumably competing, currently leads the USA board with 15,420 points, closely followed by the rookie-made-good crovax1234 who joined the competition in late April. In Australia, Koala_boy appears to be packing a few extra Ceretin in his pouch, leading his Antipodean rivals by a slim 190-point margin. Finally, EvilGenius heads up the Canadian competition while cackling madly, with almost 4000 points over 2nd-placed Hobbess.

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This week's most studious solver is CambridgeDon, who's solved 93 cards in the past five days and accumulated a veritable Space Odyssey of points. Thewolfboy continues his winning streak as this month's most moxious member with a breathtaking 12,971 points and 248 solves since registering, and is widely expected to dominate the pack of newcomers throughout his remaining 12 days of eligibility.

"It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight," said Jones, reflecting upon the hot-blooded newcomers making a big splash in the competition. Concern remains, however, at the ever-present possibility of burnout. "So many times, it happens too fast -- you trade your passion for glory." Her advice? "Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past, you must fight just to keep them alive."

These are words that will no doubt also be listened to by the hopefuls currently competing in the preliminary stages of Perplex City's own PCAG tournaments. Check back with us next week for all the latest action, drama, and maintenance of the status-quo from the Earth leaderboard!


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Recent polls indicate that sitting Council Leader Camryn Scott and Council Member Nathan Earlywine, both candidates for the Council Leader post, are now running neck-and-neck in public opinion following popular candidate Douglass Finlay's exit from the race. The poll also shows fellow candidate Shannon Powell trailing with a scant 2% of the vote, and a full 18% of those polled remained undecided.


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Futures
By Madame Bianca, for the week of September 11

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
Something about that crisp, cool air is putting a whole new spring in your step. A new outlook on like, I guess you could say, filled with bright optimism. Enjoy it during this brief time that it will last!

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
Poker every night this week, dumpling, and bet high. For once your luck will be running so high it'll far, far outpace all of the damage your skill (or lack thereof) does to you.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
You know, just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should. There's a valuable place in the universe for taking a hands-off approach every now and again.

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Stand or fall I know there shall be peace in the valley, and it's all an affair of my life with the heroes and villains.

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
There are deep mysteries that will never be revealed to you, duckling, and chief among them is why it is that you never get a song stuck in your head that you actually, you know, enjoy.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
The Lighting is coming up fast, and you have your work cut out for you in that party you're hosting. Oh, didn't you know? Better hop on the invites, doll, this is the most important shindig you'll be throwing in the next five years.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
I cannot emphasise enough how very crucial it will be for you to keep your hands and feet well-moisturised for the rest of the month. These few weeks of developing the habit will help you avoid the rough appendages you typically sport all winter long.

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
You may unexpectedly find yourself thrown into the company of small children late in the week. Keep in mind that kids are smarter than you think they are, OK? They're inexperienced, not stupid.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
Take a hard look around you this week and you just may discover you have far more stuff than you'll ever have a use for, pumpkin. Why don't you collect some of the worst of the bunch and give those things away to people who will love and use them?

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
Sometimes you're just so smug, cut it out already! Some of us lesser mortals aren't rigged with the same sort of drive and ambition you are, and you'd be much nicer to spend time around if you could really grasp that that is totally OK.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
Give it up, that pair of shades is lost forever. I wish I could say you'd find a pair you liked even better, but I have a policy against lying.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Sometimes you have all of the romantic sense of a rectangular shrubbery. All of these possibilities and opportunities are zipping around you, and some of them are very good and some of them are very, very bad, and you can't even manage to see they're there!

And remember, you don't have to laugh even if you get the joke.


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 		and Samara Jones must be on whatever Madame Bianca is having Razz (Can't find anything *specifically* significant in her song choices, apart from possible sociopolitical commentary...though I guess I'll go through Hesh yet again)

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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 11 Sept 06 - Jumper Puzzled
cassandra wrote:
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"It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight," said Jones, reflecting upon the hot-blooded newcomers making a big splash in the competition. Concern remains, however, at the ever-present possibility of burnout. "So many times, it happens too fast -- you trade your passion for glory." Her advice? "Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past, you must fight just to keep them alive."


...we're solving to the theme from Rocky III? Rolling Eyes
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 11 Sept 06 - Jumper Puzzled
cassandra wrote:

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PCAG statistician Samara Jones comments: "They say the next big thing is here, that the revolution's near, but to me it seems quite clear, that it's all just a little bit of history repeating."



Propellerheads - history repeating

cassandra wrote:

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"We never change, do we? We never learn to leave, so I want to live in a wooden house," she added.



Coldplay - parachutes

cassandra wrote:

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"It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight,"


Survivor - eye of the tiger

Mean anything?

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Take a hard look around you this week and you just may discover you have far more stuff than you'll ever have a use for, pumpkin. Why don't you collect some of the worst of the bunch and give those things away to people who will love and use them?



Wow, that struck me as odd. So, maybe we can't solve the puzzle with the knowlage that we have? We need to take "the worst of the bunch" and give it to someone who will know what to do with them... who could this be about? Kurt? Karen? Caine? Who do we know that has knowledge of Grainer and the city in the whole?
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 11 Sept 06 - Jumper Puzzled
Fimbo wrote:

Propellerheads - history repeating

Coldplay - parachutes

Survivor - eye of the tiger

Mean anything?


Well the second two point towards the lead story of the surviving parachutist.....
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel - 11 Sept 06 - Jumper Puzzled
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...we're solving to the theme from Rocky III? Rolling Eyes


No, it's obviously a clue that Weird Al Yankovic's involved in this mess! Remember The Rye or the Kaiser (Theme from Rocky XIII)?

"Try the rye or the kaiser, they're our specials tonight.
If you like, you can have an appetizer.
Stay away from the tuna, it smells funny tonight,
But you just can't go wrong with the ryeeee . . . or the kaiser!"
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 		References for article on parachutists
Just FYI - I found these two articles from May about the thrill jumpers from the Ascendency Point:


Article on unidentified first jumper - May 18th

Second article where our friend Raoul tries a similar stunt and fails- May 22

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 		And for completeness, I'm sure cassandra knows, it's heroes and villains by the beach boys.
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 		Perhaps the three group/song names need to be anagrammed (as per the Extreme Puzzling article) to get something else.

HISTORY REPEATING = PARTYING THEORIES

and

HEROES AND VILLIANS = ADRENALINE SHIVS LO

I also tried cryptograms:

HISTORY REPEATING = DISTURB RECEPTION

HEROES AND VILLIANS = BYWAYS ONE MILLIONS

PARACHUTES =
DEVELOPING
FEDERALIST
FEDERALISM
FEDERATION
DELEGATION
CEREMONIAL
STATIONERY
RESEMBLING
HOMOSEXUAL
GENEROSITY

... Maybe we're reading too far into this.

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... Maybe we're reading too far into this.


That would be my guess. I saw this as those crazy Perplexians going overboard in trying to use Earth phraseology...
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themandotcom wrote:
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The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
Take a hard look around you this week and you just may discover you have far more stuff than you'll ever have a use for, pumpkin. Why don't you collect some of the worst of the bunch and give those things away to people who will love and use them?



Wow, that struck me as odd. So, maybe we can't solve the puzzle with the knowlage that we have? We need to take "the worst of the bunch" and give it to someone who will know what to do with them... who could this be about? Kurt? Karen? Caine? Who do we know that has knowledge of Grainer and the city in the whole?


Or maybe its just give away your spare cards that you won't be able to use... thats what it sounds like to me.

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... Maybe we're reading too far into this.


We might be reading too much into this if we think it is a puzzle to solve. I agree that the lyrcis quoted point directly at the parachute story. (not sure about the heroes and villians quote although maybe the missing person turned up in the valley Wink . So maybe they are just giving us a heads up that finding this parachutist is where the story is going next.

After all we've just be handed a couple of unexpected plot developments - Caine leaving, Scarlett finding something from the mysterious ( and rather tedious to me) Granier and then being tossed out of her classes, and Violet doing something that sounds completely out of character for her (as in I don't see her loosing control very often.) It seems that the page is (slowly ) turning to the next part of our story.
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 		simple anagrams? so are we looking for "burton alone" or "trouble anon". Maybe it's time to "unrobe talon". and garima king? ark imaging anyone?
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 		going back a few weeks could this be a further hint that we are meant to be finding a music file? MB seems quite keen on the hints at the moment
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