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[UPDATE] PerplexCity.com Newsletter, 06 October 2006

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xnera
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[UPDATE] PerplexCity.com Newsletter, 06 October 2006
Cubefests, Extreme Puzzling, and Q&As, oh my!

The PerplexCity.com newsletter wrote:

In this week's round-up:

* Cubefest: London! Boston! Chicago!
* Perplex City: The Board Game now on sale...
* Your Questions, Answered
* Story Update
* Leaderboard Update
* Bonus Newsletter Puzzle

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beeeeeeep... These are the headlines from Perplex City:

** CUBEFEST: THREE CITIES. THIS SATURDAY! **

This Saturday, Perplex City players will be meeting up in London (UK), Boston (MA) and Chicago (IL) for the wonderful folly that we've come to call Cubefest! There'll be chatting, trading, speculating and (optionally) imbibing - and whether young, old, newbie or veteran, all are welcome to come along to these awesome, informal events. Here are the details...

* LONDON, UK

Bar Music Hall
Curtain Road, EC2A 3AR
Nearest tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street
Map: http://tinyurl.com/phofe
3pm - 7pm (although festivities often continue afterwards!)

More: http://pxcforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1451

Bonus features: Mind Candy people will be in attendance, with boardgames to try out and competitions, plus there are more than 60 people already coming along!

* CAMBRIDGE, near BOSTON, MA

Pandemonium Books & Games
4 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, MA
Just north of the Central Square stop on the MBTA Red Line
12 noon - 6pm

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16938

RSVP by leaving a post on 32_footsteps' profile, your official host for the day:

http://perplexcity.com/profile/view.qbuild?player=32_footsteps

* CHICAGO, IL

Nick's on Wilson
1140 W Wilson Ave
http://tinyurl.com/gqtpv
5pm to 9pm
Free wi-fi, too!

If possible, RSVP by leaving a post on Untouchables' profile:

http://perplexcity.com/profile/view.qbuild?player=Untouchables

Have fun, one and all!

** PERPLEX CITY: THE BOARD GAME, NOW ON SALE! **

Perplex City's newest product, the delightfully shiny Board Game, is now available to buy for just �24.95. It's a thriling game of synapse-sizzling puzzles, as players dash around the map of Perplex City throwing down puzzle challenges to their opponents, collecting puzzle stones and eventually claiming a glorious victory of wit and intellect.

There's also a fun new puzzle-trail you can try out, hidden across Perplex
City's many websites. It starts at the board game website, which can be found, along with a competition to win a *free* board game of your very own, at:

http://perplexcitytheboardgame.com/

The game will be available from plenty of stores in the near future, but is currently available online from Firebox, who happily enough ship worldwide! Behold:

http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1590&src_t=cat&src_id=games

** EXTREME PUZZLING CONTEST IS GO **

Following the fantastic entries to our recent Video Competition, we've been inspired to create an all-new contest by recent events in Perplex City - where Raoul Benton base jumped from the top of the Ascendancy Point skyscraper, all while attempting to solve a tricky puzzle during his descent.

So, we're asking you to capture the Extreme Puzzling phenomenon as it exists on Earth - whether through video, audio, photography, writing, or anything else in-between. You've got one month to concoct something fabulous, and naturally, we'll be lavishing prizes (and points!) upon those who submit the most exciting and creative entries. More info:

http://www.perplexcity.com/community/competitions/extreme/index.qbuild

** YOUR QUESTIONS, ANSWERED **

After a couple of videos (which will be returning soon, fear not!) we decided it was time to *properly* answer all the questions you've been sending us over the past month or so. If Perplex City sometimes leaves you confused, these definitive answers might just help you along:

http://pxcforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1243&st=140#

** STORY UPDATE **

Violet and Scarlett (with some remote assistance from Kurt and Caine) have been exploring the abandoned Lancewood labs - where early Cube research was conducted. The Cube may even have been built there during the War. But the girls' exploration was cut short by the arrival of a dazed soldier who attacked them. His mumbled, disoriented ramblings suggested he had been the subject of an experiment using some kind of teleportation device - based at Viendenbourg. He died before they could get any more information out of him, so the girls are setting off for Viendenbourg to investigate further...

Meanwhile, back in the City, the Council election campaigns are gathering pace. Camryn Scott has been losing ground to the alarmist Nathan Earlywine, whose calls for tighter controls on the Academy have found popular support.

To find out more, check out the Story So Far: http://story.perplexcity.com

** LEADERBOARD UPDATE **

Tally at Number One? Oliverkeers13 in second place? UKver2.0, MikeyJ and Guin sitting in 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively? Whoever would have thought it?

Still, aceaysar has earned 8516 points in his first week and might just cause an upset one of these days, while goldberg69 is 11989 points to the good having started his solving three weeks ago. Fast work! You can read all the latest leaderboard news in The Sentinel every Monday. Here's the latest article:

http://perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/10/rookies_resurge.html

** BONUS NEWSLETTER PUZZLE **

Last week, we asked you:

What's the only number, which when spelled out with Scrabble tiles, the tiles sum up to that same number?

The answer? Twelve! Like so: 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 = 12.

And well done to those who sent in solutions using the blank tiles - your lateral thinking continues to amaze and astound. This week, and in a similar vein:

Which 12 element names can be spelled out using chemical abbreviations of elements?

Until next time, happy hunting...

Mind Candy

= = = =

PS: This is rather clever stuff: http://gabbly.com/perplexcity.com

The Extreme Puzzling competition sounds like fun. Smile

I'm also very excited about the Chicago Cubefest. Yay!

(wiki/leaderboard links added by me)

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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:53 pm
Last edited by xnera on Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:20 pm; edited 1 time in total

32_footsteps
Boot

Joined: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 33
Location: Somerville, MA, USA

Okay, it's more than a little weird to see my name in the Newsletter.

That said, I hope to see as many of you in Boston as can make it tomorrow!

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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:01 pm

chinga1978
Kilroy

Joined: 23 Sep 2006
Posts: 1

Anyone worked out the puzzle yet?

I've been sat here for an hour and I think I've got it...

Before you look at the spoiler, you can eliminate anything ending in "um" as there isn't as there's no combination for um

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

ArSNiC
AsTaTiNe
BiSmUTh
CaRbON or CArBON
CoPPEr or COPPEr
IrON
KrYPtON
NeON
PHOsPHORuS
SiLiCoN or SiLiCON
TiN or TIN
XeNoN or XeNON

YeY for my first post Laughing

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:16 pm

gamegirl
Boot

Joined: 25 Mar 2006
Posts: 32
Location: US

Another Cubefest!

This didn't get sent in in time, so I will post it here!

Cubefest in Independence, Missouri @
Game Cafe
107 W. Lexington Ave.
Independence, MO 64050
located on the historic Independence Square
near Truman and Noland Rd intersection
816-252-PLAY
4-6 pm

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:52 pm

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